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Magic Circles: The Beatles in Dream and History

Magic Circles: The Beatles in Dream and History

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Availability:In StockContributor:Devin McKinneyPublish date:2004-10-18Pages:432
Language:EnglishPublisher:Harvard University PressISBN-13:9780674016361ISBN-10:067401636XUPC:9780674016361Book Category:Music, HistoryBook Subcategory:Genres & Styles, ModernBook Topic:Rock, 20th CenturySize:8.57 x 5.51 x 0.96 inchesWeight:1.1199Product ID:SCB99WMP94

No one expressed the heart and soul of the Sixties as powerfully as the Beatles did through the words, images, and rhythms of their music. In Magic Circles, Devin McKinney uncovers the secret history of a generation and a pivotal moment in twentieth-century culture. He reveals how the Beatles enacted the dream life of their time and shows how they embodied a kaleidoscope of desire and anguish for all who listened--hippies or reactionaries, teenage fans or harried parents, Bob Dylan or Charles Manson. The reader who dares to re-enter the vortex that was the Sixties will appreciate, perhaps for the first time, much of what lay beneath the social trauma of the day.

Delving into concerts and interviews, films and music, outtakes and bootlegs, Devin McKinney brings to bear the insights of history, aesthetics, sociology, psychology, and mythology to account for the depth and resonance of the Beatles' impact. His book is also a uniquely multifaceted appreciation of the group's artistic achievement, exploring their music as both timeless expression and visceral response to their historical moment. Starting in the cellars of Liverpool and Hamburg, and continuing through the triumph of Beatlemania, the groundbreaking studio albums, and the last brutal, sorrowful thrust of the White Album, Magic Circles captures both the dream and the reality of four extraordinary musicians and their substance as artists. At once an entrancing narrative and an analytical montage, the book follows the drama, comedy, mystery, irony, and curious off-ramps of investigation and inquiry that contributed to one of the most amazing odysseys in pop culture.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Harvard University PressISBN-13:9780674016361ISBN-10:067401636XUPC:9780674016361Book Category:Music, HistoryBook Subcategory:Genres & Styles, ModernBook Topic:Rock, 20th CenturySize:8.57 x 5.51 x 0.96 inchesWeight:1.1199Product ID:SCB99WMP94
McKinney, Devin: - Devin McKinney is an independent scholar.
Publisher: Harvard University Press

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Devin McKinney

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