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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

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Literatur existiert nicht im luftleeren Raum. Schriftsteller als solche haben eine bestimmte soziale Funktion, die genau proportional zu ihrer Fähigkeit als Schriftsteller ist. Dies ist ihre Hauptanwendung.

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