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, November 16, 2022

Whose Number Is Not Legion

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This essay is a new venture for me, requiring a kind of provisional abrupt introductory paragraph that must serve as ...

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Wednesday, November 9, 2022

Felix Culpa

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On this slow news day, the closest I want to come to politics is a possibly eccentric meditation on the idea of the marg...

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Wednesday, November 2, 2022

Elective

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It is possible that you are already aware that there is an election taking place in our country six days hen...

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...

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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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