Walt Whitman's pose / [by] Esther Shephard.

Author/creator Shephard, Esther
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Harcourt, Brace and company, [©1938]
Descriptionxii, 453 pages : 1 illustration, plates, portraits facsimiles ; 22 cm
Subjects

Contents 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)
Local noteLittle-7951
General 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.
General noteBook three, "The pattern", is a reprint of "The Countess of Rudolstadt; by George Sand. ... vol. II. Translated by Francis G. Shaw. Boston W. D. Ticknor and company, 1847" (p. 256-302)
General note"First edition."
LCCN 38027308