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 the Cahiers du cinemaand is co-author of the biography, Truffaut, published by Knopf (1999).
Introduction Sublime Abjection: The Ascendancy of Corpses Mirabeau
or, The Spectacle of a Public Corpse Voltaire
or, The Body of the Philosopher King Louis XVI
or, The Sacred Remains Geffory
or, The Fear of Others Robespierre
or, The Terrible Tableau Madame Necker
or, The Poetry of the Corpse Author's Acknowledgments Notes Index
