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, January 17, 2018

Miss Martineau and the Martyr Age

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Anna Jameson (1794-1860) Last week’s essay about an icon (a real, painted one) set me to thinking briefly about Anna Jameson...
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Wednesday, January 10, 2018

Iconization of Thomas Ken

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      Saint Thomas Ken by Michel Lafleur (2017) 6" x 8", oils on toile Thomas Ken (1637-1711), though a somewhat obscur...
Wednesday, January 3, 2018

Best Intentions

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Some of the new lockers in Dillon gymnasium   When it comes to New Year’s resolutions I am a bit of a trimmer.   While I r...
Wednesday, December 27, 2017

A White Christmas and its Deneigement

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Though I have managed to post a few blog essays under unprepossessing circumstances, I must acknowledge defeat when it is staring me straig...
Wednesday, December 20, 2017

TR and the Tax Bill

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-->   I have more than once mentioned in these essays my extensive if unsystematic collection of our national literary pa...
Wednesday, December 13, 2017

The Glory and the Freshness of a Dream

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John Stuart Mill Only rarely can I recall my dreams, but I have a vivid fragment of one from two nights ago.   It’s a hot...
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Wednesday, December 6, 2017

Printing with Joan Didion

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The weather gods apparently subscribe to the Gregorian calendar.   Friday last was the first of December, and that night we got o...
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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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