Annotations to James Joyce's Ulysses/Telemachus/017

thumb|600px|center|page=20 Annotations 017.05 "Do I contradict myself? Very well then, I contradict myself." Mulligan is quoting Walt Whitman, Song of Myself. The brazen spirit of Whitman might be caricatured in Mulligan's buffooning, never ending (albeit well-intentioned) monologue, but it should be apparent that Joyce's intentions are also in-line with the American poet's, who shook up everything that predated him as well. 017.06 mercurial 5 Buck uses "mercurial" here to set himself against the jesuit he described as jejune on 004.17. 5 1. changeable; volatile; fickle; flighty; erratic: a mercurial nature. 5 2. animated; lively; sprightly; quick-witted. 5 3. pertaining to, containing, or caused by the metal mercury. 5 4. (initial capital letter) of or pertaining to the god Mercury. 5 5. (initial capital letter) of or pertaining to the planet Mercury.Dictionary.com definition "mercurial" 017.33 omphalos 5 Used on 007.32 to indicate the rock at the center or navel of the world. References Annotations to James Joyce's UlyssesPreceding Page | Page Index | Next Page