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Martorell's Tirant lo Blanch : A Program for Military and Social Reform in Fifteenth-Century Christendom /

This first critical analysis of the Catalan novel of chivalry, Tirant lo Blanch (1490), elucidates the sophisticated plan that lies behind its composition. By breaking down the 487-chapter story into two fundamental narrative threads--the military and erotic exploits of the hero--Aylward reveals the...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Aylward, E. T.
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Chapel Hill : [Distributed by University of North Carolina Press], 1985.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:This first critical analysis of the Catalan novel of chivalry, Tirant lo Blanch (1490), elucidates the sophisticated plan that lies behind its composition. By breaking down the 487-chapter story into two fundamental narrative threads--the military and erotic exploits of the hero--Aylward reveals the two-pronged narrative scheme that supports Martorell's fast-paced and amusing account of romance and political intrigue in fifteenth-century Constantinople.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (224 pages).
ISBN:9781469642635