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Book SynopsisTraces the feminist contributions of a wide range of Irish American women writers, from Mother Jones, Kate Chopin, and Margaret Mitchell to contemporary authors such as Gillian Flynn, Jennifer Egan, and Doris Kearns Goodwin.
Trade ReviewThe Banshees is notable for its intelligent coordination of the cultural history of feminism with the literature produced by a major ethnic group—Irish-American women. - Charles Fanning, author of
The Irish Voice in America""Strongly contextualized, historically specific, energetic and lively, this study offers a compelling account of Irish American women writers and writing.""—Maria Luddy, author of
Women In Ireland 1800–1918: A Documentary History""Ambitious and sweeping in scope, The Banshees covers an impressive range of journalists, novelists, memoirists, and cultural critics from the late nineteenth century through the twenty-first. Ebest considers the writers’ legacies outside the confines of the Irish American literary canon, within the contexts of American social evolution, second- and third-wave feminism, and the American Catholic Church.""—Maureen Dezell, author of
Irish America: Coming Into Clover
