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 17, 2021

Slaughterhouse Five, and Counting

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              Recent bounty from the Library of America was a fine set of Kurt Vonnegut, and I am fresh off a much enjo...
Wednesday, February 10, 2021

Robots at the Gates

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                Everyone wants power, and they should.   Yet we need to think about it in ways rather different from tho...
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Wednesday, February 3, 2021

Covid Pains

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    That the coronavirus pandemic is testing social resilience is perhaps an observation too banal to ...
Wednesday, January 27, 2021

Voices of the Page

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                                                                    A Covidish inferno from the Hortus deliciarum       ...
Wednesday, January 20, 2021

Great Ladies and Little Houses

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  Little House in the Ozarks, Mansfield MO   Candid readers have on occasion told me that they are never quite sure wha...
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Wednesday, January 13, 2021

Mob Epiphany

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  It seemed like a good idea at the time.   Choosing Wednesday as blog day, I mean.   Middle of the wee...
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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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