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, March 17, 2021

Kathy Covid

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              The past week brought us to a new plateau of optimism.   In large measure the explanation is rather obvious...
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Wednesday, March 10, 2021

Pompeii

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                                                                       "  Last Days of Pompeii" by Karl Pavlovich Bryullov (1833) ...
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Wednesday, March 3, 2021

BiblioWars

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              People accuse me, probably rightly, of being out of touch, even antiquarian.   This is mainly because I have...
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Wednesday, February 24, 2021

Bowled Over

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  This will be an essay about exquisite literary bowls and granddaughters of the same quality.   It is also about the cre...
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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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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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