SOURCE: "Sholom Aleichem: Voice of Our Past," in his A World More Attractive: A View of Modern Literature and Politics, Horizon, 1963, pp. 207-15.
In the following excerpt, Howe discusses Aleichem's significance within the Jewish literary tradition, asserting 'He is, I think, the only modern writer who may truly be said to be a culture-hero. "
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