Which of the following statements would Percy Shelley, author of "A Defense of Poetry", agree with ?
Correct answer: D. Artists serve to construct the foundations of culture.
- A. Art serves a particular worldly purpose.
- B. Art's supreme function is to entertain the public.
- C. Artists are dangerous to social order.
- D. Artists serve to construct the foundations of culture.
Explanation
In A Defence of Poetry, Shelley treats poets and artists as imaginative forces that shape moral awareness and establish the foundations of culture. He does not reduce art to entertainment or regard artists simply as threats to order.
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