Malory, the Stanzaic "Morte Arthur," the Alliterative "Morte Arthure," and Chaucer.

Author / Editor
Kennedy, Edward Donald.

Title
Malory, the Stanzaic "Morte Arthur," the Alliterative "Morte Arthure," and Chaucer.

Published
Arthuriana 28.3 (2018): 51-65.

Description
Argues that Malory downplayed his uses of the Stanzaic "Morte Arthur" and the Alliterative "Morte Arthure" in his "Le Morte Darthur" because the cultural prestige of native English romances was low--an attitude popularized by Chaucer in Th and elsewhere.

Chaucer Subjects
Tale of Sir Thopas
Chaucer's Influence and Later Allusion