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As we mark the fiftieth anniversary of the most momentous year in the life of the Beatles, the contributors to The Beatles, Sgt. Pepper, and the Summer of Love perform wide-ranging analyses of the group's enduring sociocultural influence and achievements.
List of contents
Introduction: It Was 50 Years Ago Today! - Kenneth Womack
I. A Splendid Time Is Guaranteed for All
Sgt. Pepper-with a Little Outsider Help-Taught the Band to Play - Jerry ZoltenTurning Us On: Artifice as Authenticity in Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - Mark OsteenThe Sitar, Eastern Music and Philosophy, and the Beatles' Progress Towards Rishikesh - Kathryn B. CoxThe Act You've Known for All These Years: Discord and Harmony in the Third Space - Jacqueline EdmondsonII. The Summer of Love (and Commerce)
"All You Need Is Love": The Beatles in the Global Village - Kit O'TooleGolden Blunders: The Fall of the Beatles' Apple and Its Unlikely Seed - Joe RapollaThe Wretched Life of a Lonely Heart: Sgt. Pepper's Girls, Fandom, the Wilson Sisters, and Chrissie Hynde - Katie Kapurch "You Say You Want a Revolution": The Beatles and the Political Culture of the 1960s - Kenneth L. CampbellIII. The Magical/Tragical History Tour
Dying To Take You Away: The Beatles as Cinematic Auteurs - Robert RodriguezThe End of Fantasy: The Beatles, Magical Mystery Tour, and the Counterculture - Michael FrontaniMagical Mystery Tour: From EP to LP to CD - Bruce Spizer
About the author
Kenneth Womack is professor of English and dean of the Wayne D. McMurray School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Monmouth University.
Kathryn B. Cox is doctoral candidate in historical musicology at the University of Michigan.
Summary
As we mark the fiftieth anniversary of the most momentous year in the life of the Beatles, the contributors to The Beatles, Sgt. Pepper, and the Summer of Love perform wide-ranging analyses of the group’s enduring sociocultural influence and achievements.
