The Author: Rebecca Pauly is professor of French and Italian language, literature, and film at West Chester University in Pennsylvania. She received her B.A. cum laude from Smith College, her M.A. from the University of California at Berkeley, and her Doctorate in Modern Languages from Middlebury College in Vermont. In addition to this book, she has published a study on the autobiographic voice, Le Berceau et la bibliotheque, and numerous articles on literature and film in professional journals. Her current projects include video documentaries on France and Italy that she has shot and edited, with accompanying course materials.