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 30, 2019

A Story by Willa Cather

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  Willa Cather (1873-1947) At last I find occasion for a “trigger warning”.   Though I aim at “general interest” in this blog, I mu...
Wednesday, October 23, 2019

A Few Words about Elitism

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I first heard the word “elite” in a somewhat unusual context.   My Aunt Heartz always seemed to me an exotic figure.   Before the War s...
Wednesday, October 16, 2019

Nobler in the Mind

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            I am not “on” Twitter, as they say, or might say, one is “on” crystal meth.   One would think that art...
Wednesday, October 9, 2019

Blowing the Whistle

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It is said that the only major Christian doctrine that is empirically verifiable is original sin, which is confirmed by the experie...
Wednesday, October 2, 2019

Autumn

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  mellow fruitfulness In 1919 the Dutch scholar Johan Huizinga published a highly influential “crossover” work of medieval his...
Wednesday, September 25, 2019

The Sicilio-Ukrainian Gambit

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The Great Gate of Kiev is a striking piece of music by Mussorgsky, and must be differentiated from the rapidly emerging narrative of ...
Wednesday, September 18, 2019

Reference Works for Light Reading

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I am a reader of reference works.   That is different from being a mere user of reference works, as surely all readers must be.   I actu...
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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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