Annotations to James Joyce's Ulysses/Oxen of the Sun/401

thumb|600px|center|page=404 Annotations flair5(French) intuition, perspicacity, instinctive understanding. The word is, of course, also an English expression, but I am assuming that Joyce's use of italics implies that this is a foreign term. Walter Pater, whose style is being parodied in this section, was fond of including numerous italicized foreign words in his prose, especially in his early work. piazzetta5(Italian) a small veranda. Properly, piazzetta means a small square in a city, being a diminutive of piazza. The latter, however, can refer to the veranda of a house, which seems to be what is required here. alles vergängliche5(German) all that is transitory. These are the opening words of the final chorus in Goethe's drama Faust, Part II (1832): Chorus Mysticus Mystical Chorus Alles Vergängliche ist nur ein Gleichnis; das Unzulängliche, hier wird's Ereignis; das Unbeschreibliche, hier ist es getan; das Ewigweibliche zieht uns hinan. All that is transitory Is only a parable; The insufficient, Here it comes to pass; The indescribable, Here it is accomplished; The Eternal Feminine Draws us upwards. References Annotations to James Joyce's UlyssesPreceding Page | Page Index | Next Page