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, November 24, 2010

Precious Life-Blood--or Dead Hand?

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George Eliot (æt. 30, 1849/1850) by Louis-François d'Albert Durade I have been home now for ten days, just about the time needed to...
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Wednesday, November 17, 2010

The Eighty Percent Solution

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Robert Goheen (1919-2008) “Home,” says Frost, “is the place that when you go there, they have to take you in.” There are other slightly mo...
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Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Transitional Man

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big transition: Camões has gone to his long house Life is pretty much like essay writing. Once you’re into them, the pa...
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Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Home Thoughts from Abroad

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American Library in Paris: alleged site of bloguiste's alleged work My “mystery” retreat was Kandersteg in the Swiss canton of Bern, one...
Sunday, October 24, 2010

Ubi in mundo est blogator?

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The easy answer would be “Nowhere near Carmen Sandiego,” but if my matter has any chance of doing justice to my circumstances, I shall need ...
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Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Suprized

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Since returning from Arkansas I have been enjoying a stay in New York, punctuated by a very brief visit to Princeton for some necessary dome...
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Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Return of the Native

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As a boy in school I memorized quite a few poems. They were naturally such poems as appealed to the vestigial Victorian tastes of my ...
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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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