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, February 11, 2015

Level Playing Field

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unlevel playing field             A friend in Britain clipped and sent on to us a couple of related “American” pieces from Th...
Wednesday, February 4, 2015

Body and Blood

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            We had a great family weekend.   On Saturday evening we joined in celebrating the twelfth birthday of Granddaughter Numbe...
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Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Capital Headlines

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A couple of times a month when I have evening events in New York City I choose to cadge a bed at my daughter’s apartment rather t...
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Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Egghead Linguistics

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  Averroës Before there was political correctness there was theological correctness.   Galileo, who thought that the earth orbite...
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Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Sacred and Profane Murder

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The famous allegorical painting at the head of this essay, one of the great treasures of the Borghese gallery in Rome, was made...
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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...
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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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