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, September 25, 2013

Angelic Details

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                So what's with the feathers? The devil may be in the details, but so far as great writing is concerned it is t...
Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Generational Change

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 buzzing about the boroughs In the introductory chapter of The Dark Side of the Enlightenment I had the occasion to ponder the l...
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Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Good Sensa

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domes, sweet domes             I had intended to comment on the Middle East fiasco like everybody else, but apparentl...
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Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Walter and Me

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  What Joan calls with a slight edge my “empire,” and I more accurately call my “library” or “the press room” is an ample book...
Wednesday, August 28, 2013

College Cost Crisis

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I have more or less sworn off political topics, as there is already a surfeit of opinionated grumpiness available on other blogs.   I may...
Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Meditating on Moonshine

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Just now, it’s all about the moon.   When I saw it rising so huge and luminous last night it seemed to have the unreal mineral color...
Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Just Kydding Around

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Obscure literary erudition appears on the front page of the Times infrequently, so that when it does your bloguiste must sit up ...
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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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