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>From: Michael Snider <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: Poetryetc provides a venue for a dialogue relating to poetry and > poetics <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: The value of Lind >Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 20:47:45 -0400 > >On Tuesday, July 10, 2001, at 07:02 AM, Martin J. Walker wrote: > >> I do >>find it odd, though, that he speaks of the "Arabic" derivation of the >>sonnet >>form ~ as far as I know, da Lentino had no predecessors ~ and of the > > >Dick Davis sometimes talks about the sonnet as perhaps derived from a >form of Arabic praise poem the casida, which required an abrupt change >in sublect and tone. He also points to the Arabic word "trovat," to >sing, for the etymology of troubadour. > >I don't know if he's said anything in print about it. I don't know about the sonnet in particular, but I've often read that Andalusian Arabic poetry shaped Provencal poetry of courtly love. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com