Which work is considered the first prose masterpiece of Arthurian legend in English, compiled while the author was in prison?
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Correct answer: Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur
Sir Thomas Malory's 'Le Morte d'Arthur,' printed by William Caxton in 1485, unified various French and English Arthurian sources into a single comprehensive narrative. Malory identifies himself as a 'knight-prisoner' in the text's explicit.
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