We report studies aimed at unraveling the complicated structure of the CCl2 (A) over tilde B-1(1) <- (X) over tilde (1)A(1) system. We have remeasured the fluorescence excitation spectrum from similar to 17 500 to 24 000 cm(-1) and report the term energies and A rotational constants of many new bands for both major isotopologues ((CCl2)-Cl-35, (CClCl)-Cl-35-Cl-37). We fit the observed term energies to a polyad effective Hamiltonian model and demonstrate that a single resonance term accounts for much of the observed mixing, which begins similar to 1300 cm(-1) above the vibrationless level of the (A) over tilde B-1(1) state. The derived (A) over tilde B-1(1) vibrational parameters are in excellent agreement with ab initio predictions, and the mixing coefficients deduced from the polyad model fit are in close agreement with those derived from direct fits of single vibronic level (SVL) emission intensities. The approach to linearity and thus the Renner-Teller (RT) intersection is probed through the energy dependence of the A rotational constant and fluorescence lifetime measurements, which indicate a barrier height above the vibrationless level of the (X) over tilde (1)A(1) state of similar to 23 000-23 500 cm(-1), in excellent agreement with ab initio theory.