SOURCE: "Sholem Aleichem: Mythologist of the Mundane," in AJS Review, Vol. XIII, Nos. 1-2, Spring-Fall, 1988, pp. 27-46.
In the following essay, Roskies examines Aleichem's use of mythology in his short fiction and places his work within the context of Yiddish literature.
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