Gladly Lerne, Gladly Teche

"Gladly Lerne, Gladly Teche" is the personal web log of John V. Fleming, the Louis W. Fairchild Professor of English and Comparative Literature emeritus at Princeton University. It continues in its title and its spirit his one-time newspaper column in The Daily Princetonian. As a general rule a new post is mounted every Wednesday morning (EST).

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Merry Christmas

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My blog is intended for a general readership, but I cannot always suppress my parochial particularities. I hope that whatever holiday you c...
Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Libraries and Heaven

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Instead of writing these silly weekly blogs I ought to take up some large and imposing essay of the kind that makes its way into the unread ...
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Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Ecce quam bonum

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The idea that I could bring all my racing thoughts and impressions into a synthesis within a few days was a fantasy, but here's a first ...
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Friday, December 4, 2009

Guide for the Perplexed

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I rather rashly implied in my last posting that I might put something up today about my trip to Israel. However, I must once again tempori...
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Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Living High off the Hog

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“Gladly Lerne, Glady Teche” is threatening to turn into another travelblogue. In principle I cannot object to this development. Travel is ...
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Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Dutch Painting Triathlon

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It has been a week of major developments in the Fifteenth Arrondissement, as we prosecuted a cultural triathlon that leaves me nearly too ex...
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Thursday, November 12, 2009

Addendum: "The Venetian Rivals"

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Here is a brief addendum to yesterday's post. A young friend in Princeton, James Wilentz, supervises the very classy site "Old Mas...
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John V. Fleming
John V. Fleming, the Louis W. Fairchild Professor of Literature emeritus at Princeton University, retired after a long teaching career in 2006. He and his wife Joan continue to live in Princeton. The Flemings have three adult children, six delightful grandchildren, and lives that mysteriously continue to be busy.He can be reached at jfleming@princeton.edu.
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