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 24, 2016

Free College (continued)

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I want to spend a second week’s essay on the question of “free college,” as it is at least possible that someone might not have been sa...
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Wednesday, February 17, 2016

Should College Be Free?

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  The Old High School, Mount Pleasant Texas* Like most American citizens, I have a certain interest in national politics and in...
Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Reflections on New England Democracy

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          I awoke this morning to learn that “New Hampshire has spoken.”  Fortunately, unlike most of the candidates themselves...
Wednesday, February 3, 2016

In Canada

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            On Monday we flew to Montreal, where our younger son and his wife are both university professors, and where our youngest a...
Wednesday, January 27, 2016

The Blizzard of Sixteen

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I try not to talk about the weather very much, but you may have heard that the central swath of the eastern United States has j...
Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Thomas Sgovio

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Some writers I have met think of the books they have written as their children, and even speak of them in such terms.   Given the...
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Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Stately Home Hopping

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  Glamis Castle Among the high points of a recent cinematic rampage, during which I saw more first-run films in a fortnight tha...
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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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