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, May 14, 2014

Let Us Commence...et caetera

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  I just work here...             On campuses all over the country it is Commencement season.   Even at Princeton, where the grad...
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Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Mrs. Jesus

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Crist was a mayde, and shapen as a man, And many a seint, sith that the world bigan; Yet lyved they evere in parfit chastitee. -...
Wednesday, April 30, 2014

The Beaux Arts, on the Spur of the Moment

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                I have developed a new answer for the casual inquiries of the genre of “And what do you do?”  I tell peopl...
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Wednesday, April 23, 2014

A New Eye on the Old Pretender

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Henry James, alias the Master, alias the Old Pretender Several people had told me, and on the basis of personal experience, that ...
Sunday, April 20, 2014

Easter 2014

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"The Lord is risen indeed!"  by Piero della Francesca
Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Boxing Day

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Lewis Thomas lab (blocking view of dumpsters) On days when I am able to complete my swimming laps and the post-swim ablutions exp...
Wednesday, April 9, 2014

An Operatic Insight

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Le cœur a ses raisons que la raison ne connaît pas.  Blaise Pascal   That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into th...
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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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