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, December 18, 2024

Urn Burial

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    Joan is a member of a club in town called the “Old Guard,” a name perhaps suggesting the age but not necessarily the...
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Wednesday, December 11, 2024

Human Nature

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  Two weeks ago I published a little piece about Boethius.   I had been stimulated to do so by the announcement of a forth...
Wednesday, December 4, 2024

Academic Palms

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              As I have now written about eight hundred weekly posts, I have to forgive myself for forgetting most of them...
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Wednesday, November 27, 2024

Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius

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    We have a general idea when the Roman philosopher Boethius was born, but think we know more precisely when and where...
Wednesday, November 20, 2024

Urban Renewal

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I didn’t really need another signal that I am losing my marbles, but I got a strong one last week.   There arrived in the...
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Wednesday, November 13, 2024

Democratic Doldrums

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                This is the last thing I intend to write about the aftermath of our American presidential election for a...
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Wednesday, November 6, 2024

Presidential Election

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  What follows is not an essay, more like a plea or exhortation.   I began writing this on Tuesday morning shortly after ...
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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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