The Banshees
A Literary History of Irish American Women Writers
by Sally Barr Ebest
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Pub Date Oct 16 2013 | Archive Date Sep 23 2013
Description
The Banshees traces 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. To illustrate the growth and significance of their writing, the book is organized chronologically by decade. Each chapter details the progress and setbacks of Irish American women during that period by examining key themes in their novels and memoirs contextualized within a discussion of contemporary feminism, Catholicism, Irish American history, American politics, and society. The Banshees examines these writers’ roles in protecting women’s sovereignty, rights, and reputations. Thanks to their efforts, feminism is revealed as a fundamental element of Irish American literary history.
Advance Praise
"The Banshees is both a celebration of the work of the Irish American Women Writers we know and a recovery of the work of the many talented writers whose work is either less well-known or has been lost. Sally Barr Ebest’s study is ambitious, timely and detailed, and is a most erudite, passionate, and persuasive study of Irish American Women Writers from 1900 to the present."—Eamonn Wall author of From the Sin-e Cade to the Black Hills: Notes on the New Irish
"This pioneering study of Irish American women writers from 1945 to the present demonstrates that their fiction has made a significant contribution to modern and contemporary American literature.
—Maureen Murphy, Hofstra University
"The 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
Available Editions
| EDITION | Hardcover |
| ISBN | 9780815633303 |
| PRICE | $39.95 (USD) |
