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Lesson One Vices and Pleasures: The View from Eighty About the author Malcolm Cowley (1898 – March 27, 1989) was an American novelist, poet, critic, and journalist. Cowley started studying at Harvard before joining the American Field Service in France during World War I. Upon returning to the US, Cowley married the artist Peggy Baird but they were divorced in 1931; his second wife wasMuriel Maurer. About the author He graduated from Harvard in 1920. As part of the great migration of creative genius , Cowley returned to live in France for three years, where he worked with Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald and others. For this reason, he is often referred to as being part of the Lost Generation. From 1929 through 1944, Cowley was an assistant editor of the New Republic. About the author During this period, he became a radical liberal and began writing about politics. As with many of his generation, Cowley came under scrutiny(监视） by J. Edgar Hoover, head of the FBI. Later in his life, Cowley edited the works of Hemingway, William Faulkner and Nathaniel Hawthorne. Cowley‘s most famous work is his autobiographical Exile’s Return, published in 1934. Exile‘s Return particularly chronicles（编年史） the general movement by the Lost Generation out of the United States. Cowley died on March 27, 1989. Pre-reading questions: What is your view on old people? What is the best way to deal with old people? What is your view on old people? Infirmity Impotence Loneliness Senility Impoverishment Untidiness / vanity / avarice? The Insider’s View Vices: Pleasures: Virtues Title: The vices and pleasures: The View for Eighty ( Q: What do you think of the title ? ) Vices Avarice: the bankbook syndrome Untidiness: the langley Collyer syndrome Vanity: the yearning for recognition of what the old people have been Pleasures To be admired and praised Physical compensations : Nirvana of dozing in the sun ; a few of the simpl