Criticism

Caldwell, Joan. "Findley, Timothy." In The Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature, edited by William Toye, pp. 257-59. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1983.

Brief biocritical survey of Findley's career.

D'Haen, Theo. "Timothy Findley: Magical Realism and the Canadian Postmodern." In Multiple Voices: Recent Canadian Fiction, edited by Jeanne Delbaere, pp. 217-33. Sydney: Dangaroo Press, 1990.

Provides a thematic analysis of The Telling of Lies, in which the book's postmodernist and magic realist elements are discussed.

Foley, Michael. "Noah's Wife's Rebellion: Timothy Findley's Use of the Mystery Plays of Noah in Not Wanted on the Voyage." Essays on Canadian Writing, No. 44 (Fall 1991): 175-82.

Studies Findley's use of medieval plays in Not Wanted on the Voyage.

Fraser, C. Gerald. Review of The Last of the Crazy People, by Timothy Findley. The New York Times Book Review 90 (13 October 1985): 38.

Extremely brief, favorable assessment of The Last of the Crazy People.

Gabriel, Barbara. "Staging Monstrosity: Genre, Life-Writing, and Timothy Findley's The Last of the Crazy People." Essays on Canadian Writing, No. 54 (Winter 1994): 168-97.

Examines elements and influences of Gothicism, the American southern literary tradition, homosexuality, the grotesque, and autobiography in The Last of the Crazy People.

Grosskurth, Phyllis. "New Canadian Novels." Canadian Saturday Night 82, No. 5 (May 1967): 39-40.

Offers a mixed appraisal of The Last of the Crazy People.

Kröller, Eva-Marie. "The Exploding Frame: Uses of Photography in Timothy Findley's The Wars." Journal of Canadian Studies/Revue d'études canadiennes 16, Nos. 3-4 (Fall-Winter 1981): 68-74.

Explores the importance of photography and photographs in The Wars.

Nicholson, Mervyn. "God, Noah, Lord Byron—and Timothy Findley." Ariel: A Review of International English Literature 23, No. 2 (April 1992): pp. 87-107.

Argues that Findley's examination of the biblical flood myth in Not Wanted on the Voyage aims to "reveal, forcefully and clearly, the power relations in the Bible and in any culture that professes to take the Bible literally." Nicholson compares Findley's retelling of the flood with that of Lord Byron's Heaven and Earth.

Shields, E. F. "'The Perfect Voice': Mauberly as Narrator in Timothy Findley's Famous Last Words." Canadian Literature 119 (Winter 1988): 84-98.

Examines the narrative strategies employed in Famous Last Words.

Sullivan, Jack. Review of The Telling of Lies, by Timothy Findley. The New York Times Book Review 93 (9 October 1988): 34.

Highly favorable, albeit short, assessment of The Telling of Lies.

Weiss, Allan. "Private and Public in Timothy Findley's The Wars." Canadian Literature/Littérature canadienne, Nos. 138-39 (Fall-Winter 1993): 91-102.

Examines the relationship between privacy and the public sphere in The Wars, asserting that "[the] entire novel, in fact, is in the form of an effort by the researcher-narrator to break through … public reticence to discover the real Robert Ross."

W. E. L. Review of Dinner along the Amazon, by Timothy Findley. Kliatt: Young Adult Paperback Book Guide 20, No. 1 (January 1986): 29.

Offers praise for Dinner along the Amazon. The critic briefly notes themes in the volume and argues some young readers may be frustrated with the book.

Interview

Aitken, Johan. "'Long Live the Dead': An Interview with Timothy Findley." Canadian Fiction, No. 33 (1982): 79-93.

Interview originally conducted in April, 1980, while Findley was writer-in-residence at the University of Toronto, in which Findley discusses The Wars, its composition, characters, and influences, as well as various aspects of Canadian literature and criticism.