The most apparent parallel that I observed was actually referenced from the exact author that I myself did my presentation on. William Cullen Bryant made the observation that people had lost an appreciation for poetry and aspired towards new found things such as the popular dime novels like "Little Women". I would agree that this mentality of being bored with the old and aspiring to have the new, whether it is actually of better quality or not , is ingrained in us as consumers. A good example of this occurring in present time would be the constant need that people have to own the newest i-phone. Often it is proven that the first release of a product such as the i-phone is not the best because all the bugs have not always been worked out of such a device but that never stops people from flooding the Apple stores to get their hands on the item.
Another thing that I wanted to point out was that the shift in literature at this time has held true throughout history all the way up to present day. People for the most part still prefer to read novels over poetry, they have just been deemed more pleasurable or an "easy read", where as poetry takes more thought, and passion regarding the piece.
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