This author wrote the poem "Goblin Feet" for Edith Mary Bratt. The Corrigan curses a noble father to die three days after he refuses to love her in this author's Lay of Aotrou and Itroun. This author's works are analyzed in the journal Mallorn. A prose adaptation of a portion of the Kalevala by this author is titled The Story of Kullervo. This author coined the term "eucatastrophe" for a sudden positive turn of events in the essay "On Fairy-Stories." A lecture by this author arguing for a work's literary merit as opposed to only its historical importance, subtitled "The Monsters and the Critics," greatly influenced critical reception of Beowulf. The Silmarillion collects this author's myths and stories about the history of Middle Earth. For 10 points, name this author who wrote The Hobbit. ■END■
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