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, April 24, 2013

Forty Shades of Scarlet and Gold

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            Fight the power! Stories of national heroes who defy the imperial power of their oppressors account for some of...
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Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Run for Your Lives

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Shortly after lunch on Friday, November 22, 1963, I was walking with a friend and colleague among a fairly large number of student...
Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Read It, and Weep

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                        Last Sunday evening, on the first truly spring day of the year, I found myself sitting amid a circle...
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Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Sent to Test Us

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 Cora (foreground) with sister Lulu, print ex-libris labels for Lulu's library             A week ago we were among the numerous...
Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Gaudyamus

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Jesus College, Oxford: the front quad, looking back from the dining hall steps A week ago today I flew to England to attend...
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Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Tidewater Trip

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"weary with wrongdoing" I am not quite sure what exactly I anticipated with the word retirement , but it wasn’t t...
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Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Philological Trench

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Richard Trench, poet This week I am faced with the challenge of posting a blog at virtually the same moment that I am deli...
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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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