Literature does not exist in a vacuum. Writers as such have a definite social function exactly proportional to their ability as writers. This is their main use.
-- Ezra Pound
   
Ezra Pound   Name:
Ezra Pound
Type:
Poet
Nationality:
American
Birth:
October 30, 1885
Death:
November 1, 1972
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