%0 Journal Article
%T Sail d¡¯Escola, ¡°Gran esfortz fai qui chanta ni¡¤s deporta¡± (BdT 430.1)
%A Oriana Scarpati
%J Lecturae Tropatorum
%D 2009
%I Universit¨¤ di Napoli Federico II
%X The only extant poem by Sail d¡¯Escola, ¡°Gran esfortz fai qui chanta ni¡¤s deporta¡±, must have been quite successful with the troubadours since its melody was reused several times. Without a doubt its interest also lies in the fact that it mentions another (or others?) poem in which the troubadour has recourse to the ¡®mala canso¡¯, believing, quite rightly, that he may offend the lady who proved to be a bad ¡®amigua¡¯. The text is ambiguous: it appears to be a love song asking for forgiveness to a lady who had previously been treated badly, but it also contains hidden threats of abuse, should the lady not show herself to be once more well-disposed towards her lover. This paper will propose a new interpretation of the simile in ll. 5-7, as well as some corrections to the previous edition (Chabaneau).
%K Sail d¡¯Escola
%K Troubadours
%K Old Occitan
%K Textual criticism
%K Interpretation
%U http://www.lt.unina.it/Scarpati-2009.pdf