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, August 15, 2018

Infantile Laughter

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The MontrĂ©alers In America the aging process has been minutely studied by the commercial sector.   It can be documented quite acc...
Wednesday, August 8, 2018

Annals of Contemporary Verse

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I hope that my indulgent readers can believe that my intentions for this week’s essay were good.   I had identified a topic (category: ...
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Wednesday, August 1, 2018

In Search of Elitism

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Norman Rockwell, "Election Day" Recently I have been reading a good deal about elites and elitism in the papers,...
Wednesday, July 25, 2018

Ernest Renan

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  Ernest Renan  Some ideas are truly tried and true.   “A good book,” Milton wrote in his Aereopagitica , “is the precious li...
Wednesday, July 18, 2018

Ravishing Theology

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  "Tamar & Amnon" by Jan Steen (+1679) The triennial General Convention of the Episcopal Church, my dwindling sub...
Wednesday, July 11, 2018

A Brief Account of Recent Travels

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  The library, Trinity College, Cambridge              Just before we left Paris there appeared in one of the national daily...
Tuesday, June 12, 2018

Bambi's Cousin

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For Americans of my generation the Walt Disney film Bambi (1942!) was a significant life experience.   It was one of the earli...
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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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