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).

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Famous Last Words

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Many years ago, more than forty, I had a bizarre and frightening experience that remains vivid in my memory.   I was at that p...
Wednesday, June 7, 2017

Portuguese Allegory

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In the avalanche of journalistic opprobrium that greeted the President’s visit to NATO and his subsequent announcement of A...
Wednesday, May 31, 2017

Student Debt Crisis

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            I had already half decided that I would attempt to address the student loan crisis when I came upon an opinion piece by Dav...
Wednesday, May 24, 2017

Snake in the Grass

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 ...not to mention the tree  Saint Augustine and our Founding Fathers share more in common than I at first thought.   August...
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Wednesday, May 17, 2017

Insights into Health Care

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            Even occasional readers of this blog will be aware of its improvisational nature.   I am often constrained—mainly by ignobl...
Wednesday, May 10, 2017

Chloƫ and Hector

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  basking in the sun One summer’s day about three years ago I was prospecting for a few nicely squared field stones in a remote...
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Wednesday, May 3, 2017

Philosophical, in Philadelphia

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  Chaucer directed his wonderful poem Troilus and Criseyde to two of his admired friends: the trilingual poet John Gower and Ralph S...
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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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