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 3, 2023

John Newman

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    John Newman (1936-2023)      We have suffered a death in the family.   On April 19 my brother-in-law and Joan’s onl...
Wednesday, April 26, 2023

American Tragi-Comedy

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  One of the great English writers of the last century, Dame Rebecca West (1892-1983) became fascinated with the psycholog...
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Wednesday, April 19, 2023

Daffodils, One to Ten Thousand

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  In the Ouchitas               In the third book of his Metamorphoses Ovid tells the tragic story of Echo, scorned b...
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Wednesday, April 12, 2023

Hillsdale College

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    The current issue of the New Yorker features a lengthy article by Emma Green, identified in the contributors’ notes...
Wednesday, April 5, 2023

Hospital Reading

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                                             Richard Chevenix Trench After long and importunate knocking at the door, Cov...
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Monday, March 27, 2023

Technopaignion

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  "The old order changeth, yielding place to new, And God fulfills Himself in many ways, Lest one good custom should ...
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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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