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 7, 2018

Dana's Travels, and Mine

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  Richard Henry Dana, Jr. From the two mini-posts of the last week a faithful reader will know that I spent some of it traveling ...
Saturday, February 3, 2018

Interim Report

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A picture is supposed to be worth a thousand words.   This one is worth more than that, and way more than the...
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Wednesday, January 24, 2018

Sophia's Road Trip

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This is a photograph of two of my close blood relations.   The man is my younger brother, Richard Neville Fleming, born Decembe...
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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...
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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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