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, June 11, 2025

Study Abroad

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                Once again I find myself reacting to an op ed in the Times , this one (6/3) entitled “U.S. Schools’ Reli...
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Wednesday, June 4, 2025

Colleagues

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              Every now and again I am reminded, directly or indirectly, of a very great privilege I enjoyed during a long...
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Wednesday, May 28, 2025

Annals of Academe

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Andrew Dickson White     This week I have been thinking about American higher education, the arena of my professional ca...
Wednesday, May 21, 2025

Dim Sum and Victorian Verse

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Two Chus, Two Flemings, and a Moy   Of the many rewards offered by the academic life, the greatest for me has been the end...
Wednesday, May 14, 2025

Pope Leo XIV

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One of the most famous works of modern literary criticism is Mimesis by Erich Auerbach, first published in its original German in 1942. ...
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Wednesday, May 7, 2025

Behrman Award

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  It has been an unusually active week for us geriatrics, so active indeed that it is not easy to identify its high point....
Wednesday, April 30, 2025

Gatsby Centennial

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  On Sunday the Friends of the Princeton University Library held its official annual meeting, which was followed by its an...
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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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