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).

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Montfort-l’Aumary

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Rather scuffed and dog-eared from a sleepless overnight flight, I arrived on Thursday last to find the sun shining clear from the bright blu...
Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Peer Review

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I am flying to Paris this evening, and certain preparatory exigencies oppress my spirit. Even an imaginary audience, however, can impose a ...
Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Comparatively Speaking

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People surprised by the demand for literary command performance react in different ways. Chaucer’s Pardoner, called upon to tell a tale an...
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Wednesday, August 18, 2010

The Tornado of Twenty Ten

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The world-wide “extreme weather” events (Wimbledon heat waves, Pakistani floods, etc.) that some are quick to declare portents of a generali...
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Wednesday, August 11, 2010

The American Dream

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Variations on a dream The fancy word for today—for surely every blog post must have at least one--will be oneirocriticism , which means the ...
Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Blogger on the Roof

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Luke and Melanie with flower-girl Lulu (Photo credit: Mother of the Groom) Well, the previously undisclosed location was Greenville, South C...
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Wednesday, July 28, 2010

The bloguiste in Intermission

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Today is blog day, but it is also the day we fly to an as yet undisclosable destination for an event of great significance in the Fleming fa...
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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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