Date of Graduation
5-2023
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts in English
Degree Level
Undergraduate
Department
English
Advisor/Mentor
Smith, Joshua Byron
Committee Member/Reader
Cochran, Robert
Committee Member/Second Reader
Hammond, Kelly
Committee Member/Third Reader
Baranello, Micaela
Abstract
This thesis explores The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights John Steinbeck’s adaptation of Thomas Malory’s Le Morte D’Arthur. In this thesis, I argue that Steinbeck’s work is a qualified work of a talented medievalist with sustained close-readings of Acts and Morte along with biographical supplements from Steinbeck’s writings and his biographer Jackson Benson. This thesis seeks to bring light to the qualified, impressive work in Arthurian studies conducted by John Steinbeck over the course of his life that ultimately resulted in the posthumous publication of Acts.
Keywords
Malory, Arthur, Steinbeck, Medieval
Citation
Luft Jr., T. (2023). The Acts of John Steinbeck: Medievalist – A Dive into John Steinbeck’s Adaptation of Thomas Malory’s Le Morte D’Arthur.. English Undergraduate Honors Theses Retrieved from https://scholarworks.uark.edu/engluht/16