Elijah's violin & other Jewish fairy tales / selected & retold & with an introduction by Howard Schwartz ; illustrations by Linda Heller ; calligraphy by Tsila Schwartz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schwartz, Howard, 1945-

Contributor:

Library of Adas Kodesch Shel Emeth (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--Folklore.

Jews.

Fairy tales.

Penn Provenance:

Adas Kodesch Shel Emeth (donor) (Libra copy)

Physical Description:

xiv, 302 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Elijah's violin and other Jewish fairy tales.

Place of Publication:

New York : Harper & Row, [1983]

Summary:

In this magical collection, Howard Schwartz has gathered together and retold thirty-six Jewish fairy tales that are at once otherworldly and earthy, pious and playful. Drawn from sources as diverse as Morocco and India, Spain and Eastern Europe, Babylon and Egypt, the stories are characterized by their infusion of traditional Jewish characters with the archetypal forms found in all fairy tales, or by their treatment of Jewish religious themes. The book combines the playfulness of fairy tales that will be loved by children with the author's depth of knowledge of the historical origins of the tales. Throughout one can find the quests and riddles of the traditional fairy tale along with the divine intervention that characterizes the Jewish fairy tale.

Notes:

Bibliography: pages 296-299.

Local Notes:

Presented to the Penn Libraries by the Board of Adas Kodesch Shel Emeth.

ISBN:

0060151080 :

OCLC:

8764454