Chekhov, Chekhovians, Chekhovism

Stuart Pratt Sherman (1881-1926) was an American literary critic, educator and journalist, known for having been an advocate of the "Nativist" movement in American literature, which defended traditional modes of American literature against Modernism.From Sherman’s fundamental literary collection Critical Woodcuts, published in New York in 1926, we have drawn the study Chekhov, Chekhovians, Chekhovism, which today we propose to modern readers. It’s a short essay dedicated to the Russian playwright and short-story writer Anton Chekhov, who is considered one of the greatest writers of all time.