Contemporary Literary Criticism vs Imaginary Homelands: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Modern Literature, History and criticism
Contemporary Literary Criticism
Covers authors who are currently active or who died after December 31, 1959. Profiles novelists, poets, playwrights and other creative and nonfiction writers by providing criticism taken from books, magazines, literary…
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Imaginary Homelands
This collection of essays covers such topics as the literature of Rushdie's contemporaries; the politics of colonialism and the ironies of culture; film, politicians, the Labour Party, religious fundamentalism, racial…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Imaginary Homelands has the widest readership — 3 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Contemporary Literary Criticism | Imaginary Homelands | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 5.0 (1) | — |
| Hardcover | — | 4.0 (3) |
Reception
| Contemporary Literary Criticism | Imaginary Homelands | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 1 | 3 |
| Editions | 16 | 16 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 322 |
| Pages | 482 | 439 |