Examine how the Beatles' music created both dreams and nightmares in their pursuit of an artificial paradise, 'Nowhere Land', built on the principles of pleasure and fulfillment. Based on Artificial Paradise: The Dark Side of The Beatles' Utopian Dream (Greenwood-Praeger, 2009), by lecturer Kevin Courrier

MONDAY DEC 1 TOPIC: Helter Skelter: Counter-Culture and mysticicsm
MONDAY DEC 8 TOPIC: Carry That Weight: Breaking up and the legacy that followed

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