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 5, 2020

Home, Home on the Range

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            Among literary topics I should like to explore were I suddenly granted another lifetime is American literature orally pre...
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Wednesday, July 29, 2020

Olivia de Havilland

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           As we look for a few anchors to hold firm the various parts of our lockdown days, we have raised certain of our Darby-and...
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Wednesday, July 22, 2020

Through the Lens of the Dollar Store

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           This will be an essay about the great American institution of the Dollar Store, but I must approach my subject in a mann...
Wednesday, July 15, 2020

Picks of the Month

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            Like many others, we tend to lose track of time during this season of plague, when one day is pretty much like the last, a...
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Wednesday, July 8, 2020

Death and the Virus

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                         All politics is local, and so at heart is most journalism.   I once read an anecdote concern...
Wednesday, July 1, 2020

Pasts Imperfect

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         \               The most precious book in my library is a small format edition of Pe...
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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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