Annotations to James Joyce's Ulysses/Telemachus/009

thumb|600px|center|page=12 Annotations 009.13 Sassenach 5 "Sassenach" is a Gàidhlig loanword, denoting "Saxon." It bears a disparaging meaning, and is often used in jest.Wikipedia's page on Saxon 009.20-22 And no more . . . brazen cars 5 These words are from a poem by William Butler Yeats titled Who Goes with Fergus. Who Goes with Fergus by William Butler Yeats In the following paragraph, 'Woodshadows' and 'white breast of the dim sea' also refer to this poem. Joyce repeatedly quotes poems by Yeats, perhaps to reinforce his statement about the cracked mirror as "a symbol of Irish art" on page 007.02.Five Ideas about Joyce References Annotations to James Joyce's UlyssesPreceding Page | Page Index | Next Page