The Poet as Performer presents a survey of significant male poet/performers in the twentieth century. Drawing heavily on biographical information, this book documents the nature of poetry performance and how performance affected the poetry of the surveyed poets, advanced their careers, and created a national market for their poetry. Contents: Introduction; Vachel Lindsay; Carl Sandburg; Robert Frost; T.S. Eliot; Dylan Thomas; Allen Ginsberg; Bob Dylan; Conclusion.