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 13, 2015

Proverbial Paucity

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One of the special pleasures of living in an academic community is that the most ordinary of daily experiences often become inform...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015

A Goodbye to Gooch

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Once we actually got home we found that the elation born of our Spanish pilgrimage was heightened rather than compromised by the nightm...
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Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Ultreia

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Pilgrims' joy             The somewhat obscure battle cry of medieval French warriors was Montjoie , a shortened vers...
Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Buen Camino

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           Architectural ambition and technical innovation characterize the winery of Bai Gorri, where we had a three-and-a-half ...
Wednesday, April 15, 2015

A Sweet Glimpse of the Past

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             Only five words into the NYT article about it, I decided not to address Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign.  ...
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Wednesday, April 8, 2015

In Search of Saint James--and Tomatoes

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My Easter boutonnière, still going strong The last day of March witnessed the last meeting of our Evergreen Forum seminar ...
Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Imaginary Friends

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            Two of our granddaughters are just now on a fortnight’s school trip to China.   (The only such trip I can remember from ...
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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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