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, March 24, 2010

Medievalissimus

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There are certain jobs that have always seemed to me from a distance to be rather dreadful, especially ones involving cars. For instance I...
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Monday, March 15, 2010

The Dark

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This week was all about the weather. Here in central New Jersey we had terrific storms that have left in their wake dramatic devastation. ...
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Reading "The Politician", by Andrew Young

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Many years ago a cynical senior colleague, Professor Famous, noting with displeasure several scholarly books lying open or bookmarked on my ...
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Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Dangerous Reading

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Blog day has arrived, and once again I have been so preoccupied with life as to have neglected art shamelessly. If you will forgive a comp...
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Wednesday, February 24, 2010

The Lays of the Land

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Laying out the Presidential Plan, wherein lies a recycled blog “Well, our bill has been laying on the table for months. If the other side ...
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Wednesday, February 17, 2010

A Marked Man

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No place of grace for those who avoid the face No time to rejoice for those who walk among noise and deny the voice. ...
Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Bring back the bad old days

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Disparate circumstances account for this week’s post. The first is that President Obama, in his recent “State of the Union” address briefl...
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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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