Martorell's Tirant Lo Blanch

Provides the first critical analysis of the Catalan novel of chivalry, Tirant lo Blanch (1490). By breaking down the 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.