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, January 7, 2015

Proving Grounds

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             Most people agree that the invention of printing in fifteenth-century Europe marked an astonishing advance in the his...
Wednesday, December 31, 2014

Not So Common Core

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                McGuffey's Eclectic Reader : Back to the future               Social scientists warn us to bew...
Wednesday, December 24, 2014

The Special Tree

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 Conventional Christmas tree             On Sunday we went out to get the tree.   It was our first priority following th...
Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Aristotle's Poetics and Rape Culture

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 Plato 1, Aristotle nil Principles of literary criticism are seldom visibly applicable to widely discussed current events, b...
Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Lord Leverhulme's Shelf Life

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            You have probably had the experience while shopping of stumbling upon the perfect necktie or coffee pot only after you ...
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Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Murder into Art

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A passage in Goldsmith’s Vicar of Wakefield has become a familiar adage: “I love everything that is old; old friends, old times...
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Wednesday, November 26, 2014

The Admirable Crichton

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    He knew it all           On the assumption that my views of the Ferguson grand jury or the resignation of the Secretary of...
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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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