Which of the following statements would Percy Shelley, author of A Defense of Poetry, agree with ?

A. Arts supreme function is to entertain the public.

B. Artists are dangerous to social order.

C. Artists serve to construct the foundations of culture.

D. Art serves a particular worldly purpose.

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