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, October 26, 2022

The Golden Age

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Peaceable Kingdom of Edward Hicks If you’ve read Steven Pinker’s The Better ...

Wednesday, October 19, 2022

Camões--and a Little Chaucer--at Harvard

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Watch out, Geoff. I've got my eye on you. If I declare our visit to the Camões Conference at Harvard a great succes...

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Wednesday, October 12, 2022

A Daring Journey

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Vasco da Gama (maybe) In 1497 Vasco da Gama set out from Lisbon with the mission of finding a maritime route t...

Wednesday, October 5, 2022

More Light!

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For many years now I have noticed that each new approach of autumn brings with it a heightened feeling of solemnity, of melanch...

Wednesday, September 28, 2022

Top Colleges

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Fairly recently the U.S. News and World Report published its annual rankings of American colleges and universities....

Wednesday, September 21, 2022

Richard Francis Burton

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Sir Richard Francis Burton on a good day Not all Renaissance men lived in the Renaissance. In fact I am beginning...

Wednesday, September 14, 2022

Death of a Great Lady

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We landed at Newark Liberty Airport on Monday, after a nine-hour flight from Nice, precisely at the advert...

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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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