Ar thur . ▁It ▁remains ▁a ▁matter ▁of ▁some ▁debate ▁whether ▁this ▁was ▁a ▁deliber ate ▁comment ary ▁or ▁an ▁imag in ative ▁fiction ▁influenced ▁by ▁the ▁political ▁climate . ▁ ▁The ▁sources ▁of ▁the ▁roman ces ▁that ▁make ▁up ▁Le ▁Mor te ▁d ' Ar thur , ▁and ▁Mal ory ' s ▁treatment ▁of ▁those ▁sources , ▁correspond ▁to ▁some ▁degree ▁with ▁those ▁of ▁a ▁poem ▁called ▁The ▁Wed ding ▁of ▁Sir ▁G aw ain ▁and ▁D ame ▁R agn elle ; ▁they ▁also ▁both ▁end ▁with ▁a ▁similarly ▁word ed ▁prayer ▁to ▁be ▁released ▁from ▁imprison ment . ▁This ▁has ▁led ▁some ▁sch ol ars ▁in ▁recent ▁years ▁to ▁believe ▁that ▁Mal ory ▁may ▁have ▁been ▁the ▁author ▁of ▁the ▁poem . ▁ ▁In ▁fiction ▁A ▁young ▁Mal ory ▁appears ▁as ▁a ▁character ▁at ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁T . ▁H . ▁White ' s ▁book ▁The ▁Once ▁and ▁Future ▁King ▁( 1 9 5 8 ), ▁which ▁was ▁based ▁on ▁Le ▁Mor te ▁d ' Ar thur . ▁This ▁came o ▁is ▁included ▁in ▁the ▁Broadway ▁musical ▁Cam el ot ▁( 1 9 6 0 ), ▁and ▁in ▁its ▁film ▁adaptation ▁( 1 9 6 7 ), ▁where ▁his ▁name ▁is ▁given ▁as ▁" Tom ▁of ▁War wick ". ▁ ▁In ▁addition ▁to ▁White ' s ▁treatment , ▁many ▁other ▁modern ▁versions ▁of ▁the ▁Arthur ian ▁legend ▁have ▁their ▁roots ▁in ▁Mal ory , ▁including ▁John ▁Bo orm an ' s ▁film ▁Ex cal ib ur ▁( 1 9 8 1