First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Antoine de Baecque is Professor of History at the University of Saint Quentin in Yvelynes, France and author of several studies of France during the Revolution, including The Body Politic: CorporealMetaphor in Revolutionary France . He serves as editor of theCahiers du cinemaand is co-author of the biography, Truffaut, published by Knopf (1999).