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 23, 2022

Under a Cloud

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                        There is a natural tendency, exacerbated by the commercial requirements of journalism, to infla...
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Wednesday, March 16, 2022

Patriotism

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                  A term commonly used in the Soviet Union for World War II was the “great patriotic war”.   Stalin, with ...
Wednesday, March 9, 2022

Reporting the War

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                                                            The "famine child" memorial in the Ukrainian capital...
Wednesday, March 2, 2022

Betsey Stockton

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                This week’s essay, inspired by a current book* but making no claim to be an adequate review of it, conce...
Wednesday, February 23, 2022

Old Friends

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              We have just enjoyed another major victory over Covid.    On Friday afternoon we took a Lyft into New York ...
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Wednesday, February 16, 2022

Death Notices

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    One of William Blake's Illustrations for Young's Night Thoughts             Does every ying require its yang ?   Last week I wa...
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Wednesday, February 9, 2022

New Worlds

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    I came out of the weekend boosted by a nearly forgotten optimism.   Last Sunday afternoon we attended a full-scale per...
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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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