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).

Thursday, September 15, 2011

O Mores, O Temporizing

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Your stymied bloguiste finds himself in a rather seedy Internet Cafe near Victoria Station, unable to transfer the very elegant essay compos...
Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Annals of Political Discourse

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  Infrastructure challenge in Detroit "We got to keep an eye on the battle that we face: The war on workers. And you see it everywhe...
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Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Mycology, and Yours

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While I am sure you are eager to see my stunning Power Point Presentation called My Irene --featuring my photos of my arboreal debri...
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Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Bloguiste Rescues Literature

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The author of Criminal Queens , with impedimenta I am aware of my good luck in having an unusually literate readership—“fit audience thoug...
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Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Shaggy Granddaughter Story

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One Sunday in 1786 Robbie Burns was sitting in church trying to filter out the sermon by concentrating on the back of the neck of the young ...
Tuesday, August 9, 2011

The Sex and Neo-Platonism Commission

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. ..sed noli modo No cross, no crown . With that economical maxim the old Methodist preachers summarized their theology. “For I reckon ...
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Wednesday, August 3, 2011

The Elusive Primary Source

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The mysterious Count Cagliostro (Houdon it) “The beginning of wisdom,” said my great teacher, “is the primary source.” He was trying to g...
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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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