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, May 5, 2021

Mayes Day the Thrydde

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                                               Phoenix: the Arabian bird               Though today is Cinco de Mayo, I find myself moved to...
Wednesday, April 28, 2021

Robert Hollander

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                  Robert Hollander, the eminent Dante scholar, died about a week ago at the age of eighty-seven.   For mor...
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Wednesday, April 21, 2021

Tree Planting

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                                          one newly manufactured tree fence                                             you can at least see...
Wednesday, April 14, 2021

The Forsythia Saga

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    Around these parts spring made a dramatic start, but quickly retreated into a protracted period of cool and damp, by...
Wednesday, April 7, 2021

American Poet

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Amanda Gorman               One of the high points of the inauguration of President Biden was the poem written and read...
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Wednesday, March 31, 2021

Distanced Learning and Yearning

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             Educational opportunities lurk in unlikely places.   A few days ago, while seated on the throne at   the end ...
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Wednesday, March 24, 2021

Picking Up the Lingo

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"Piramus and Thisbe" by Lucas van Leiden (1514)             We need a word for a moderate or even hesitant form of video bingeing,...
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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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