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, November 11, 2020

Leafing and Loafing

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                  October exited these parts in a somewhat unpleasant manner.   The days already became short and dark...
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Wednesday, November 4, 2020

Scholarship Boys

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  Tomb of Archbishop Peckham in Canterbury             As it is such a quiet week in the world of public affairs, I turn ...
Wednesday, October 28, 2020

Dream Books

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                                                                                            The Policy Player's Dre...
Wednesday, October 21, 2020

Appalachian Baroque

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              The pandemic has effected many dramatic delays, postponements, and reversals, most of them unfortunate and ...
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Wednesday, October 14, 2020

The Donald, the Dex, and Me

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                Fitzgerald’s famous story “The Rich Boy” begins with two oft-quoted sentences: “Let me tell you about ...
Wednesday, October 7, 2020

The Gospel Truth

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    The motto of Harvard University, to be found   boldly divided into trinitarian folios and mounted on an heraldic shiel...
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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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