England, the 1960s, and the Triumph of the Beatles

Offered By: The Great Courses Plus

Course Description

Overview

Join best-selling biographer Michael Shelden for 12 vibrant lectures on how the 1960s shaped the Beatles—and how the band, in turn, defined the revolutionary spirit of the age.

Syllabus

By This Professor
01: The Magical Mystery of the Beatles
02: Fateful Intersections in Liverpool
03: Finding the Beat in the Beatles
04: Nowhere Men: The Dark Side of the Beatles
05: Beatles for Sale: Brian Epstein’s Genius
06: The Cold War, JFK, and the Beatles
07: The Beatles Conquer America
08: The Englishness of A Hard Day’s Night
09: Help! The Beatles at the Top in 1965
10: Crossroads: The Beatles in 1966
11: The Summer of Sgt. Pepper’s
12: Hello, Goodbye: The End of the 1960s

Taught by

Michael Shelden

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