{"quotes":[{"text":"This is surely the most significant of the elements that Tolkien brought to fantasy.... His arranged marriage between the Elder Edda and 'The Wind in the Willows'--big Icelandic romance and small-scale, cozy English children's book. The story told by 'The Lord of the Rings' is essentially what would happen if Mole and Ratty got drafted into the Nibelungenlied.","author":"Adam Gopnik","tags":["elder-edda","fantasy","j-r-r-tolkien","literature","romance","the-wind-in-the-willows"],"id":137961,"author_id":"Adam+Gopnik"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":1,"pages":1}}