Criticism

Brown, Merle. "Intuition and Perception in the Poetry of Charles Tomlinson." The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 37, No. 3 (Spring 1979): 277-93.

Discusses Tomlinson's poem "Under the Moon's Reign," calling it his most ambitious work to date.

Edwards, Michael. "Charles Tomlinson: Notes on Tradition and Impersonality." The Critical Quarterly 15, No. 2 (Summer 1973): pp. 133-44.

Examines the diverse ways Tomlinson's poetry utilizes the themes of chance, tradition, and impersonality.

Getz, Thomas H. "Charles Tomlinson's Manscapes." Modern Poetry Studies 11, No. 3 (1983): 207-18.

Traces the Tomlinson's exploration of natural environments from American Scenes to The Way In.

Grogan, Ruth. "Charles Tomlinson: Poet as Painter." Critical Quarterly 19, No. 4 (Winter 1977): 71-7.

Relates Tomlinson's art to his verse.

——. "Charles Tomlinson: The Way of His World." Contemporary Literature 19, No. 4 (Autumn 1978): pp. 472-96.

Provides an overview of Tomlinson's poetry.

——. "Tomlinson, Ruskin, and Language Scepticism." Essays in Literature 17, No. 1 (Spring 1990): 30-42.

Determines the effect of post-Saussurean literary theory on Tomlinson's poetry.

——. "The Fall into History: Charles Tomlinson and Octavio Paz." Comparative Literature 44, No. 2 (Spring 1992): 144-59.

Contends that Tomlinson's poetry is enriched when approached in terms of his long-standing philosophical dialogue with Octavio Paz.

Hirsch, Edward. "The Meditative Eye of Charles Tomlinson." The Hollins Critic XV, No. 2 (April 1978): pp. 1-12.

Overviews Tomlinson's poetry and maintains that his early anti-romantic impulses deepen into a meditative attitude that reflects an allegiance to both the unshaped world and the shaping imagination.

Lea, Sydney. "To Use and Transform: Recent Poetry of Charles Tomlinson." The Hudson Review 46, No. 4 (Winter 1994): 731-40.

Asserts that Tomlinson's later poetry is more wrought in both subject matter and form than his earlier poetry, but that it is still technically inventive.

O'Gorman, Kathleen, ed. Charles Tomlinson: Man and Artist. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1988, 253 p.

Collection of critical essays on Tomlinson and his work.

Rosenthal, M. L. "Contemporary British Poetry." In The New Poets: American and British Poetry Since World War II, pp. 244-51. New York: Oxford University Press, 1967.

Determines the American influence on Tomlinson's poetry.

Stanton, Robert J. "Charles Tomlinson an the Process of Defining Relationships." North Dakota Quarterly 43, No. 3 (Summer 1977): 47-60.

Examines the major themes of Tomlinson's poetry.

Wilkinson, D. R. M. "Charles Tomlinson and the Narrative Voice. " Dutch Quarterly Review of Anglo-American Letters 14, No. 2 (1984): 110-24.

Explores the narrative element in Tomlinson's poetry.

Young, Alan. "Rooted Horizon: Charles Tomlinson and American Modernism." Critical Quarterly 24, No. 4 (Winter 1982): 67-73.

Positive review of Some Americans: A Personal Record and The Flood.

Interviews

Meyer, Bruce. "A Human Balance: An Interview with Charles Tomlinson." The Hudson Review 43, No. 3 (Autumn 1990): 437-48.

Discusses John Ruskin's influence on Tomlinson, the effects that translating the poetry of others has had on his poetry, his interest in film, and the themes of Eden in his work.

Ross, Alan. "Words and Water: Charles Tomlinson and His Poetry." London Magazine 20, No. 10 (January 1981): 22-39.

Describes Tomlinson's working-class background, his experiences at Cambridge, the strong American interest in his poetry, the influences on his work, and his graphic art.

Additional coverage of Tomlinson's life and career is contained in the following sources published by Gale Research: Contemporary Literary Criticism, Vols. 2, 4, 6, 13, 45; Contemporary Authors, Vols. 5-8R; Contemporary Authors New Revision Series, Vol. 33; DISCovering Authors: Poets Module; and Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vol. 40.