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Why Bother
Why Bother? may refer to: * "Why Bother?" (essay), 1996 essay by American novelist Jonathan Franzen * "Why Bother?" (song), 1996 song from Weezer's album ''Pinkerton'' * ''Why Bother?'' (radio show), 1994 radio show album by Chris Morris and Peter Cook * ''Why Bother?'' (album), 2007 album from the Detroit band ADULT {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Why Bother? (essay)
"Why Bother?", originally published as "Perchance to Dream: In the Age of Images, a Reason to Write Novels", is a literary essay by American novelist Jonathan Franzen. It is often referred to as "The Harper's Essay". First published in the April 1996 issue of '' Harper's'' magazine, the essay concerns the persistence of reading within the context of technological growth and distraction. Franzen recounts his meditations on the state and possibility of the novel form, often against the backdrop of his personal experience, eventually concluding that the novel still has potential cultural agency in the United States, and often gains it by paradoxical drives of both culture and author. Background The essay was initially published in the April 1996 issue of '' Harper's'' between the publication of Franzen's novels ''Strong Motion'' (1992) and ''The Corrections'' (2001). Franzen expanded and revised the essay, re-titling it "Why Bother?", and published it in his 2002 essay collection '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Why Bother? (song)
Why Bother? may refer to: * "Why Bother?" (essay), 1996 essay by American novelist Jonathan Franzen * "Why Bother?" (song), 1996 song from Weezer's album ''Pinkerton'' * ''Why Bother?'' (radio show), 1994 radio show album by Chris Morris and Peter Cook * ''Why Bother?'' (album), 2007 album from the Detroit band ADULT {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Why Bother? (radio Show)
''Why Bother?'' is a comedy radio series made for BBC Radio 3, consisting of five 10-minute-long spoof interviews between Chris Morris and Peter Cook's character Sir Arthur Streeb-Greebling. Recorded in late 1993, the show was originally broadcast from 10–14 January 1994. Cook received the sole writing credit whilst Morris also produced the series, although the pair ad-libbed the majority of the dialogue, which Morris then edited. Morris played a variation on the abrasive interviewer character he had created in ''On the Hour'' and later used in ''The Day Today''. The short pieces provide further insights into the Streeb-Greebling character that Cook had created for '' Not Only... But Also'' in 1965. Subjects Topics of conversation include Streeb-Greebling's experiments on eels, his role in the racial violence during the 1992 Los Angeles riots following the Rodney King trial, his military career, including his time in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp during World War II, and h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
