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 ... Read moreIreland 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 Show Less