Magic circles : the Beatles in dream and history - McKinney, Devin (London : Harvard University Press, 2003)
1. Rude Noises from the Bog: The Beatles in Liverpool and Hamburg -- 2. Ascension/Sacrifice: A Hard Day's Night and Help! -- 3. Meat: The Beatles in 1966 -- 4. The Unintelligible Truth: The Beatles and the Counterculture -- 5. O.P.D./Deus est Vivus: The Beatles and the Death Cults -- 6. Fantasy into Flesh: A Life and an Afterlife.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [373]-391), discography (p. [392]-407), and index.
Keywords: Beatles; Rock musicians -- England -- Biography; Music -- Social aspects; Rock music -- England -- History and criticism; Rock music -- United States -- History and criticism; Beatles; Music -- Social aspects; Rock music; Rock musicians; England; United States; Biography; Criticism, interpretation, etc