• The Norton Critical Edition of Tennyson’s poem In Memoriam includes background information and sources, as well as critical essays. Edited by Robert H. Ross, it was released in 1974 by W. W. Norton.

• Those interested in this poem might wish to contrast Tennyson’s style with the work of his inspiration, Arthur Henry Hallam. The collection Poems of Arthur Henry Hallam, published in 1988 by AMS Press, features Hallam’s poetry.

• William Wordsworth, who served as England’s poet laureate before Tennyson and co-founded the romantic movement, wrote an extensive poem titled The Prelude, sharing thematic similarities with In Memoriam. The first edition of Wordsworth’s poem was published posthumously in 1850, coinciding with the release of Tennyson’s poem.

• Charles Tennyson, the poet’s grandson, authored Alfred Tennyson, a biography enriched by access to family-held resources. This work was published in 1968 by Archon Books.

• Jerome Hamilton Buckley’s Tennyson: The Growth of a Poet offers both biographical insight and critical analysis of Tennyson’s life. Published in 1960, it remains a cornerstone in Tennyson scholarship.

• While Tennyson was crafting In Memoriam in England, Emily Dickinson was composing poetry in the United States, which wasn’t published until after her death. Many of Dickinson’s poems explore themes of mortality. Enthusiasts of Tennyson’s work may find it intriguing to compare it with Dickinson’s “I Reason, Earth is Short,” poem number XXIII in The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson, first published in 1924 by Little, Brown.