Good points. The angle that one of these books took is worth noting. And, to your point, the angle was not really about The Beatles. They analyzed other phenomena like the Paul Is Dead thing throughout history. Like...similar instances have happened for 1000s of years. It turns out it takes the right factors in a society to create something this big. I have too few memories of this book, but it was fascinating from a sociological point of view as opposed to a Beatle-o-logical point of view. (Put that word in the dictionary with a dash by my name. I want to be dashed.)
That does seem to be an interesting angle and actually I have one book on the Shakespeare authorship debate which I think is a fascinating book, it also has a cool title "Contested Will" it traces the history of the authorship debate and probes into how and why it came about, there are some interesting reflections on the way Shakespeare criticism went wrong.
Funny image too, thanks for that.
Author
Topic: The Limit of discussion (Read 3537 times)