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, February 22, 2011

Exegi monumentum aere perennius

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Even groggy and sleepless I was glad to land in Paris this morning, and for many reasons, beginning with the bright sunlight.  The ai...
Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Old Friends, Old Rivers

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Some famous books would be justified by the brilliance of their titles alone.  One such is Thomas Wolfe’s Of Time and the River (193...
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Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Varietal Onions for Fun and Profit

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VARIETIES OF ONIONS (from left to right): Oliverian, Satirical, Vidalian You doubtless remember Mark Twain’s cynical defi...
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Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Annals of Academic Infighting

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My adjustment to the productive tranquility of retirement has been nearly painless.  Just now, however, breaking news from Californ...
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Wednesday, January 26, 2011

What Art is All About, by George

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One of the principal interests in my scholarly career has been the interpretation of literary and pictorial allegory , a concept bro...
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Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Serendipity

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Horace Walpole, Fourth Earl of Orford Once in a classroom discussion we came upon the name of Walpole, and I found that only one of the...
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Tuesday, January 11, 2011

The Mystery of Iniquity: Mysterious Still

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My intention for “Gladly Lerne, Gladly Teche” is amusement decorated, in an occasional lucky week, with a thin gloss of edification. ...
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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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