Author:
Shephard, Esther.
Imprint:New York : Harcourt, Brace and company, [c1938]
Descriptionxii, 453 p. : illus., plates, ports., facsims. ; 22 cm.
Note:"The source of Leaves of grass is, in spite of all of Walt Whitman's protestations to the contrary, in the fragment of a book, the epilogue of a French novel. The novel is The Countess of Rudolstadt, by George Sand." - p.140.
Note:Book three, "The pattern," is a reprint of "The countess of Rudolstadt; by George Sand. [Sequel to 'Consuelo.'] ... Vol.II. Translated by Francis G. Shaw. Boston, W.D. Ticknor and company, 1847." (p.256-302)
Note:"First edition."
Note:book 1.The paradox of Walt Whitman. - book 2.The thread of Ariadne (the record of a search) -- book 3.The pattern. - book 4."In character" (Whitman and Emerson) - Authorities and additional documents (p.399-439)
