I'm not coming from any authority on the matter, however I believe that throughout time (even, perhaps, in Shakespeare's days) that the vast majority of writing would have been adequate to poor, leaving writings such as Shakespeares to shine all the brighter.
People always claim that books, movies, comics, whatever were somehow better in the past than they are today. They may be right in certain cases but lets not forget that there was probably plenty of crap back then as well. Rare gems find their way to immortality.
People always claim that books, movies, comics, whatever were somehow better in the past than they are today. They may be right in certain cases but lets not forget that there was probably plenty of crap back then as well. Rare gems find their way to immortality.