Pete Townshend: The Minstrel's Dilemma

by Larry David Smith

Book Overview

Smith explores Pete Townshend's artistic struggle between his own creative impulses and those of the commercial public. Faced with a modern version of the minstrel's dilemma, Townshend, early in his career, ignored his creative instincts to satisfy commercial agendas. After his success, he slowly withdrew to resolve his conflict between creativity and commercialism. Townshend's creative vision unfolds against the conflicts and compromises battled...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275964728
• ISBN13: 9780275964726
• Release Date: March 1999
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.3"