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Sarah "Sally" Sayward Barrell Keating Wood (October 1, 1759 – January 6, 1854) was an American novelist. She is considered the first American female writer of gothic fiction.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Dictionary of Literary Biography on Sally Sayward Barrell Keating Wood )〕 She was born in York, Maine, the first daughter of Sarah Sayward Barrell and the British army officer Nathaniel Barrell, but was heavily influenced by her wealthy grandfather, Judge Jonathan Sayward. On October 23, 1778 she was married to Richard Keating, who died of a fever five years later.〔 The couple had two daughters and a son. Later she married General Abiel Wood.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Sally Sayward Barrell Keating Wood )〕 He died in 1811, and Sally thereafter moved to Portland, Maine. Sally Wood was an author of gothic novels who wrote under the pen name "A Lady of Massachusetts". After Maine became a state in 1820, she changed her pen name to "A Lady of Maine". To her readers, however, she was better known as Madame Wood.〔 ==Bibliography== * ''Julia and the Illuminated Baron'', 1800. * ''Dorval: or the Speculator'', 1801. * ''Amelia: or the Influence of Virtue, an Old Man's Story'', 1802, Oracle Press, William Treadwell &Co. * ''Ferdinand and Elmira: A Russian Story'', 1804. * ''Tales of the Night'', 1827. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sally Wood」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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