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, October 11, 2017

Last Days of Columbus

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               Monday last was Columbus Day.    For me the sole practical implication of that fact was that there was no mail...
Thursday, October 5, 2017

Soviet Communism Then and Now

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Berlin 1945 We are very near the centenary of the Bolshevik coup d’ét at or “October Revolution” of 1917 that brought the Commu...
Wednesday, September 27, 2017

Back from the Old World

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There were mobs of folks arriving at Heathrow in early September and mobs arriving at Newark yesterday—some of them, d...
Wednesday, September 6, 2017

O youth!

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Our eldest child, Richard, is a man of parts, his best part being his spouse Katie Dixon.   My blog has on occasion featured the expl...
Wednesday, August 30, 2017

Guy de Maupassant

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  The writer's tomb, Montparnasse cemetery Though it provides plenty of fodder for legitimate satire, ...
Wednesday, August 23, 2017

Statuary Rape

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During my working life, which included stints as a low-level academic administrator and therefore of self-pity, I used to keep a facet...
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Wednesday, August 16, 2017

Cry, the Beloved Country

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Millions of Americans must be deeply disturbed by recent events in Charlottesville, though we doubtless grieve in different ways.    I ...
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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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