Sarah Dana Loring Greenough (February 19, 1827 – August 9, 1885)[1] was an American novelist.
Sarah Dana Greenough | |
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Born | February 19, 1827 ![]() Boston ![]() |
Died | August 9, 1885 ![]() Františkovy Lázně ![]() |
Resting place | Protestant Cemetery, Rome ![]() |
Occupation | Writer ![]() |
Spouse(s) | Richard Saltonstall Greenough ![]() |
Children | Nina Greenough, Gordon Greenough ![]() |
Parent(s) |
Sarah Dana Loring was born on February 19, 1827 in Boston.[1] She was the daughter of William Joseph Loring (1795–1841) and Anna Thorndike Loring (1804–1872). In 1846, she married sculptor Richard Saltonstall Greenough. They had two children, Anna Loring "Nina" Greenough (1847–1897), and artist Richard Gordon Greenough (1851–1885). They lived in both American and Europe, particularly Rome.[2]
Her novel Lilian (1863) is about an American couple in Rome, inspired by her own experience and by Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Marble Faun.[3] Her collection Arabesques: Monarè, Apollyona, Domitia, Ornbra (1871), illustrated by her son, consists of four fantasy stories involving knights, witches, a werewolf, and Roman gods.[3][4]
Sarah Dana Greenough died on August 9, 1885 in Františkovy Lázně.[1] Her husband sculpted a monument to her, Psyche Divesting Herself of Mortality, which is in the Protestant Cemetery in Rome.[3]
Bibliography
edit- Lilian. London, 1863.[5]
- Treason at Home: A Novel. 3 vol. London: T. C. Newby, 1865.[6]
- Arabesques : Monarè, Apollyona, Domitia, Ornbra: Four Stories of the Supernatural, Boston, 1871, sq. 16mo.[7]
- In Extremis: the Story of a Broken Law, Boston, 1872, sq. 16mo. [7]
- Mary Magdalene: a Poem, Boston,, 1880, 12ino. [7]
- Mary Magdalene, and other Poems, Boston,. 1886, 16mo.[7]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Sarah Dana Greenough (1827–1885)". The Library of the World’s Best Literature. An Anthology in Thirty Volumes. . 1917. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
- ^ Anderson, Douglas A. (2021-09-12). "Lesser-Known Writers: Mrs. Richard S. Greenough". Lesser-Known Writers. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
- ^ a b c Wright, Nathalia (1965). American novelists in Italy : the discoverers ; Allston to James. Internet Archive. Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press.
- ^ Bleiler, Everett Franklin (1983). The guide to supernatural fiction. Internet Archive. Kent, Ohio : Kent State University Press.
- ^ Loeber, Rolf (2006). A guide to Irish fiction, 1650-1900. Internet Archive. Dublin ; Portland, Or. : Four Courts. ISBN 978-1-85182-940-8.
- ^ "Author: Sarah Dana Greenough". www.victorianresearch.org. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
- ^ a b c d Kirk, John Foster; Allibone, Samuel Austin (1902). A supplement to Allibone's Critical dictionary of English literature and British and American authors : containing over thirty-seven thousand articles (authors), and enumerating over ninety-three thousand titles. Robarts - University of Toronto. Philadelphia : Lippincott.