Over the years, Bob Dylan has borrowed lyrics and lines of writing from other artists, including obscure Confederate poet Henry Timrod. In the early 2000s, Dylan grew interested in Civil War history.

To this day, nobody really knows why Bob Dylan changed his name from Robert Zimmerman, but here are some of the theories.

“Bob Dylan, however, is the worst poet alive,” he said. “He can maybe get one good line in a song, and the rest is gibberish.” Harsh words from the award-winning writer.

While known as an excavator of the American songbook, folk icon Bob Dylan also has lifted from Britain's rich heritage of music traditionalism.

Indeed, Dylan has leaned on poetry more than any other musician, before or since. Here are five poets who provided him with inspiration. Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867) ...

Singer-songwriter Bob Dylan's decision to take his stage name from the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas is "hugely important for Wales ...

Bob Dylan Becomes a “Poet of the Road” While Writing Another Side in 1964. 1964 also marked a tumultuous time in Bob Dylan’s personal relationships. He continued his affair with Joan Baez ...

What the Nobel Prize-winner’s career reveals about the wellsprings of artistic creativity. He was, for a time, the voice of my generation. Heralded as the poet laureate of the early 1960s, Bob Dylan ...

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