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 5, 2020

Disasterology 101

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Johnstown PA May 31, 1889 The evidence is in, and it is clear.   Once again, Iowans have interfered in our national elections, so...
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Wednesday, January 29, 2020

William Hickling Prescott

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I am not really one who frequently writes about historical anniversaries, particularly death anniversaries, but a coincidence invi...
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Wednesday, January 22, 2020

Hiram Corson Voices the Spirit

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Hiram Corson, in the days when professors looked like professors  Around here things have begun to s...
Wednesday, January 15, 2020

Treason of the Intellectuals

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  A few days ago Ross Douthat, one of the regular columnists for the New York Times, published an essay entitled “ The Academic Apoc...
Wednesday, January 8, 2020

Son ou Lumière

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This essay will be about abused cats and singing rainbows .   If you have a low tolerance for astonishing coherence of this sort,...
Tuesday, December 31, 2019

Anglo-Saxon

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Anglo-Saxon King Rex in full regalia (Order of the Bathrobe) with his two sons Ed and Ward A former student who studied Old Engl...
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Tuesday, December 24, 2019

Merry Christmas 2019

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It is my assumption, and certainly my hope, that most readers of this blog will have something much better to do on Chr...
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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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