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, September 10, 2025

Midway

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well defended birds, Midway atoll   Our eldest granddaughter, Sophia, is about half way through her pregnancy, and I am allowing my mind ...
Wednesday, September 3, 2025

Watery Places

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  Perhaps the best-known character in Chaucer--her name at least will ring a bell for most of my readers--is the Wife of B...
Wednesday, August 27, 2025

Thomas Kuhn

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Professor Thomas Kuhn (1922-1996)   Our household, meaning mainly myself, is in a state of transition.   That word, transition, is an i...
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Wednesday, August 20, 2025

Literary Tidal Wave

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 All scholars like to believe, or at least plausibly to imagine, that the course of professional life they have chosen is one of social util...
Wednesday, August 13, 2025

When Sherlock Met Irene

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   Suddenly, things are moving rather fast in this household.   The change in pace and tenor is easily enough explained.   Melanie and our...
Wednesday, August 6, 2025

The Days of Our Lives

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                                                                    Pages from an old diary             Our words diary and day book (some...
Wednesday, July 30, 2025

Desert of the Goths

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Downtown Eddington, N.M. Our splendid son-in-law Zvi Ben-Dor came down from New York to check up on me, to visit Joan in the rehabilitation ...
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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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