David Pierce (1)

In this absorbing analysis of modern Irish writing, an acknowledged expert considers the hybrid character of modern Irish writing to show how language, culture, and history have been affected by the colonial encounter between Ireland and Britain. Examining the great themes of loss and struggle, David Pierce traces the impact on Irish writing of the Great Famine and cultural nationalism and considers the way the work of Ireland’s two leading writers, W. B.Yeats and James Joyce, complicate show more and elucidate our view of “the harp and the crown.”
The book draws a contrast between the West of Ireland in the 1930s, when the new Irish State enjoyed its first full independent decade, and the North of Ireland in the 1980s, when the spectre of British imperialism threatened the stability of Ireland. Pierce then surveys contemporary Irish writing and reflects on the legacy of the colonial encounter and on the passage to a postmodern or postnationalist Ireland in the work of such crucial living writers as John Banville, Derek Mahon, and John McGahern. show less

NCLA Review - Father-daughter relationships are special in their own way, but this father and daughter bond together in ways that few ever do. Husband of popular Christian comedienne Chonda Pierce, David Pierce has a writing style that draws you into the adventure bringing you to feel every emotion of the experience. Written with humor and great passion, you’ll laugh and then cry when you realize the depths of this relationship. In a time when it seems parents and children are at war with show more one another, many parenting skills can be acquired and a child’s respect for a parent could be learned by reading this book. Any father or daughter who reads this book will come away desiring this kind of relationship with each other that is based on a mutual yet personal belief in God. There is not much inclusion about God or spiritual application in the adventure based format, but it does include thought-provoking questions about relationships, parenting, and God’s character at the end of the book. Rating: 4—ARG show less