Professor Laurence Grove
- Professor of French and Text/Image Studies (French)
telephone:
01413306350
email:
Laurence.Grove@glasgow.ac.uk
R319 Level 3, French, Hetherington Building, Glasgow G12 8QQ
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2858-0559Research interests
The present literary epoch has been of exceptional duration: 400 years. There are many symptoms that it is at an end. The comic book for example has been seen as a degenerate literary form instead of as a nascent pictorial and dramatic form which has sprung from the new stress on visual-auditory communication. (Marshall McLuhan)
poesia tacens, pictura loquens… (Pliny)
If a picture paints a thousand words… (Telly Savalas)
Biography
Also known as Billy Grove, I am Director of the Stirling Maxwell Centre for the Study of Text/Image Cultures, whose material holdings, via the riches of Glasgow University Library and the Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, are unrivalled.
I am President of the International Bande Dessinée Society, and Vice-Président of Les Amis de Tristan L’Hermite, the foremost society for the study of the Louis XIII period. As well as serving on the consultative committees of a number of journals, I am general editor of Glasgow Emblem Studies, and co-editor of European Comic Art.
My other hobbies include skiing (badly) at beautiful Glencoe Mountain, and supporting Glasgow Warriors, Partick Thistle and Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Research Interests
My research activities focus upon word/image interaction from the early days of printing onwards. I work specifically on the emblem book (and related material) in the pre-industrial period, and the bande dessinée today. In short I provide a modern approach to the emblem and a historic approach to comics.
Invited lectures and keynotes have allowed me to travel widely (see CV below) so as to talk about Romans and Victorians, Saint Joseph, metafiction, unfunny Nazi comics, Tintin and Scottish Nationalism, and a sexy dead canary, as well as raising the question of why we hold museum exhibitions in the digital age.
Numerous invited media appearances have included television (BBC, STV, Sky), BBC Radio Scotland (Scottish Connection, Brian Morton Show, The Mix, Janice Forsyth Culture Show, MacAulay and Co, Good Morning Scotland, Shereen), BBC Radio 4 (The Message), and others.
I have made frequent contributions to the press (The Scotsman, The Herald, BBC Online, THE) and serve for go-to consultation by media outlets worldwide (USA, Canada, India, France, Italy, Belgium, England, Spain, Ireland, Netherlands…).
I have co-curated a number of exhibitions (Breaking the Renaissance Code; Comic Invention; Frank Quitely: The Art of Comics), organised or co-organised ten international conferences, and authored (in full, jointly or as editor) eleven books and over sixty-five chapters or articles.
Current Projects
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Comic Invention - the Hunterian exhibition (March to July 2016) featured never-before displayed international loans, alongside works by Hogarth, Picasso, Rembrandt, Warhol, Lichtenstein, Frank Quitely, and others. I am working on creating bespoke exhibitions drawing upon Comic Invention and Frank Quitely: The Art of Comics for further worldwide venues.
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National Comics Centre - long term work towards the creation of an institution for Scotland that foregrounds the culture of comics.
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The Collapse of the Canon - a book-length multi-media project looking at the way the 'canon' has evolved since the invention of the Mac computer.
CV
Publications
2023
Skeldon, K. et al. (2023) Research Firsts Exhibition. [Exhibitions]
2020
Gomes, L. , Hudson, J. and Grove, L. (2020) Stirling Maxwell Centre for the Study of Text/Image Cultures. [Website]
Grove, L. (2020) Putting humour on display. In: Derrin, D. and Burrows, H. (eds.) The Palgrave Handbook of Humour, History and Methodology. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 481-498. ISBN 9783030566456 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-56646-3_25)
2019
Grove, L. (2019) Scotland, the cradle of comics. Publications of the Modern Language Association of America (PMLA), 134(3), pp. 601-613. (doi: 10.1632/pmla.2019.134.3.601)
Grove, L. (2019) La caricature comme pilier du premier comic du monde : Glasgow Looking Glass (1825). In: Baridon, L., Desbuissons, F. and Hardy, D. (eds.) L’Image railleuse: La Satire visuelle du XVIIIe siècle à nos jours. Institut National d’Histoire de l’Art: Paris. ISBN 9782917902707 (doi: 10.4000/books.inha.7923)
Grove, L. (2019) Les clichés de la Grande Guerre: 1914-1918 dans L’Illustration. In: Tilleul, J.-L. (ed.) 14-18 en bande dessinée et en literature de jeunesse. Presses Universitaires de Namur: Namur, pp. 115-122. ISBN 9782870378908
Grove, L. , Magnussen, A. and Miller, A. (2019) Comics and Transnational Exchanges [Guest Editors]. European Comic Art, 12(1),
Grove, L. , Magnussen, A. and Miller, A. (2019) Editorial. European Comic Art, 12(1), v-ix. (doi: 10.3167/eca.2019.120101)
2018
Grove, L. , Magnussen, A. and Miller, A. (2018) Spanish Comics, Part II [Guest Editors]. European Comic Art, 11(2),
2017
Grove, L. (2017) Ferdinand de Saussure's Unknown Bandes Dessinées. In: Grove, L. and Syrotinski, M. (eds.) Bande Dessinée: Thinking Outside the Boxes. Series: Yale French studies, 131 (131-32). Yale University Press: New Haven, pp. 46-61. ISBN 9780300225983
Robins, T. and Grove, L. (2017) Comic Invention. [Exhibitions]
Nazir, S., Hunter, K. and Grove, L. (2017) Frank Quitely: The Art of Comics. BHP: Glasgow. ISBN 9781910775080
Grove, L. (2017) La métafiction en bandes dessinées anciennes et (post) modernes. Textimage,
Grove, L. and Syrotinski, M. (Eds.) (2017) Bande Dessinée: Thinking Outside the Boxes. Series: Yale French studies. Yale University Press: New Haven. ISBN 9780300225983
Craig, M. and Grove, L. (2017) Frank Quitely: The Art of Comics. Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow. 1 April-1 October 2017. [Exhibitions]
Grove, L. (2017) Emblems and impact. In: Hoepel, I. and McKeown, S. (eds.) Emblems and Impact Volume I: Von Zentrum und Peripherie der Emblematik. Cambridge Scholars: Newcastle upon Tyne, pp. 1-23. ISBN 9781443851848
Grove, L. (2017) The Stirling Maxwell Centre at the University of Glasgow. In: Hoepel, I. and McKeown, S. (eds.) Emblems and Impact Volume I: Von Zentrum und Peripherie der Emblematik. Cambridge Scholars: Newcastle upon Tyne, pp. 79-85. ISBN 9781443851848
2016
Grove, L. and Black, P. (2016) Comic Invention. [Exhibitions]
Grove, L. (2016) Inside the pages of the oldest comic in the World. Conversation, 15 Mar.
Grove, L. (2016) Illustrated books in the library: more than just words can say ... In: Davies, P. V., Ashworth, S., Durndell, H., Hoare, P., Richmond, L. and Smith, G. (eds.) The University of Glasgow Library: Friendly Shelves. The Friends of Glasgow University Library in association with the University Library: Glasgow, pp. 149-167. ISBN 9780993518508
Grove, L. , Nazir, S., Vile, G. K. and Black, P. (2016) Comic Invention: The World's First Comic, Everything Before, After - and Frank Quitely. BHP Comics: Glasgow. ISBN 9781910775035
2015
Grove, L. (2015) Instagram had a Medieval equivalent—and it’s making a comeback. Conversation, 7 Oct.
Grove, L. (2015) Charlie Hebdo is nothing new. Jewish Quarterly, 62(1), pp. 4-5. (doi: 10.1080/0449010X.2015.1013797)
Grove, L. (2015) Charlie Hebdo murders: the bravery of the satirists. Times Higher Education Supplement, 8 Jan.
Grennan, S. and Grove, L. (Eds.) (2015) Transforming Anthony Trollope: Dispossession, Victorianism and Nineteenth-Century Word and Image. Series: Studies in European comics and graphic novels. Leuven University Press: Leuven. ISBN 9789462700413
Grove, L. (Ed.) (2015) Tristan Autour du Monde. Series: Cahiers Tristan L'Hermite. Classiques Garnier: Paris.
2014
Grove, L. (2014) Bande dessinée studies: état présent. French Studies, 68(1), pp. 78-87. (doi: 10.1093/fs/knt228)
2013
Grove, L. , Miller, A. and McKinney, M. (2013) European Comic Art 6.2 (Journal Editors). European Comic Art, 6(2),
Grove, L. , Miller, A. and McKinney, M. (2013) European Comic Art 6.1 (Journal Editors). European Comic Art, 6(1),
Grove, L. (2013) Comics in French: The European Bande Dessinée in Context. Series: Polygons: cultural diversities and intersections, 14. Berghahn: New York, NY. ISBN 9780857459022
Grove, L. (2013) The Idea of France in 'comics' old and new. Contemporary French and Francophone Studies, 17(2), pp. 195-207. (doi: 10.1080/17409292.2013.757496)
2012
Grove, L. , Miller, A. and McKinney, M. (2012) European Comic Art 5.2 (Journal Editors). European Comic Art, 5(2),
Grove, L. (2012) A note on the woman who gave birth to rabbits one hundred years before Töpffer. Comics Forum,
Grove, L. , Miller, A. and McKinney, M. (2012) European Comic Art 5.1 (Journal Editors). European Comic Art, 5(1),
Grove, L. (2012) La propagande en bande dessinée: La contamination par le sang. In: Adam, V. and Revol-Marzouk, L. (eds.) La Contamination: Lieux Symboliques et Espaces Imaginaires. Series: Rencontres (45). Classiques Garnier: Paris, pp. 225-240. ISBN 9782812406317
Grove, L. (2012) Tintin and the Scottish colourists: how to recycle without a bike. Ranam: Recherches Anglaise et Nord-Américaines, 45, pp. 151-158.
Grove, L. (2012) Why the right moved left. Scotsman, 8 May, pp. 26-27.
2011
Grove, L. , Miller, A. and McKinney, M. (2011) European Comic Art 4.2 (Journal Editors). European Comic Art, 4(2),
Grove, L. , Miller, A. and McKinney, M. (2011) European Comic Art 4.1 (Journal Editors). European Comic Art, 4(1),
Grove, L. and Saunders, A.M. (Eds.) (2011) Transmigrations: Essays in Honour of Alison Adams and Stephen Rawles. Series: Glasgow emblem studies. Glasgow Emblem Studies: Glasgow, Scotland, UK. ISBN 9780852619315
Grove, L. (2011) Adapting the image. In: Archer, N. and Weisl-Shaw, A. (eds.) Adaptation: Studies in French and Francophone Culture. Series: Modern French identities (99). Peter Lang: Oxford, UK, pp. 15-25. ISBN 9783034302227
Grove, L. (2011) A note on the emblematic woman who gave birth to rabbits. In: Adams, A. and Ford, P. (eds.) Le Livre Demeure: Studies in Book History in Honour of Alison Saunders. Series: Cahiers d'humanisme et Renaissance (97). Droz: Geneva, Switzerland, pp. 147-156. ISBN 9782600015233
Grove, L. (2011) Saint Joseph: the superhero in 'comics' old and new. In: Chorpenning, J. (ed.) Joseph of Nazareth through the Centuries. Saint Joseph's University Press: Philadelphia, PA, USA, pp. 151-171. ISBN 9780916101701
Grove, L. and Black, P. (2011) Breaking the Renaissance Code: Emblems and Emblem Books. [Exhibitions]
2010
Grove, L. (2010) Harry Morgan: the twenty-first century renaissance man of graphic novels. Studies in Comics, 1(1), pp. 149-158. (doi: 10.1386/stic.1.1.149/7)
Grove, L. (2010) Comics in French: the bande desinée. Series: Polygons: cultural diversities and intersections, 14. Berghahn Books. ISBN 9781845455880
Grove, L. (Ed.) (2010) Cahiers Tristan L'Hermite XXXII: Texte/Image au Temps de Tristan. Series: Cahiers Tristan L'Hermite. Plein Champ / Garnier: Paris, France. ISBN 9782950056603
Grove, L. (Ed.) (2010) Texte/Image sous Louis XIII. Series: Cahiers Tristan L’Hermite. Rougerie: Limoges, France.
Grove, L. (2010) Jesuit emblems and Catholic comics. In: Dimler, G.R., Campa, P.F. and Daly, P.M. (eds.) Emblematic Images and Religious Texts: Studies in Honor of G. Richard Dimler, S.J. St. Joseph's University Press. ISBN 9780916101619
Grove, L. (2010) La narration visuelle au temps de Tristan. In: Cahiers Tristan L'Hermite XXXII: Texte/Image au Temps de Tristan. Series: Cahiers Tristan L'Hermite, 32 (32). plein Champ / Garnier: Bassac / Paris, France, pp. 13-23. ISBN 9782950056603
Grove, L. , Miller, A. and McKinney, M. (2010) European Comic Art 3.1 (Journal Editors). European Comic Art, 3(1),
Grove, L. , Miller, A., McKinney, M. and Screech, M. (2010) European Comic Art 3.2 (Journal Editors). European Comic Art, 3(2),
Grove, L. (2010) Introduction: Texte/Image au temps de Tristan. In: Grove, L. (ed.) Cahiers Tristan L'Hermite XXXII: Texte/Image au Temps de Tristan. Series: Cahiers Tristan L'Hermite. Plein Champ / Garnier, pp. 11-12. ISBN 9782950056603
2009
Grove, L. (2009) Confused by the cult of Tintin? You're not alone. BBC News Magazine,
Grove, L. , Miller, A. and McKinney, M. (2009) European Comic Art 2.1 (Journal Editors). European Comic Art, 2(1),
Grove, L. , Miller, A. and McKinney, M. (2009) European Comic Art 2.2 (Journal Editors). European Comic Art, 2(2),
2008
Grove, L. (2008) Bande dessinée: the missing mythologie. Nottingham French Studies, 47(2), pp. 29-40. (doi: 10.3366/nfs.2008-2.004)
Grove, L. , Miller, A. and McKinney, M. (2008) European Comic Art 1.1. European Comic Art, 1(1),
Grove, L. , Miller, A., McKinney, M. and Frey, H. (2008) European Comic Art 1.2. European Comic Art, 1(2),
2007
Grove, L. (2007) Bond Dessiné(e). In: Hache-Bissette, F., Boully, F. and Chenille, V. (eds.) James Bond, (2)007 anatomie d'un mythe populaire. Belin: Paris, pp. 269-274. ISBN 9782701146560
2005
Forsdick, C., Grove, L. and McQuillan, L. (Eds.) (2005) The Francophone Bande Dessinee. Series: Faux titre. Rodopi: Amsterdam. ISBN 9789042017764
Grove, L. (2005) BD theory before the term 'BD' existed. In: Grove, L., Forsdick, C. and McQuillan, E. (eds.) The Francophone Bande Dessinee. Series: Faux titre (265). Rodopi: Amsterdam, pp. 39-49. ISBN 9789042017764
Grove, L. (2005) Comic strips. In: Marshall, B. and Johnston, C. (eds.) France and the Americas: Culture, Politics, and History. Series: Transatlantic Relations, 1. ABC-Clio, pp. 284-289. ISBN 9781851094110
Grove, L. (2005) Emblems with speech bubbles. In: Saunders, A. and Davdison, P. (eds.) Visual Words and Verbal Pictures: Essays in Honour of Michael Bath. Series: Glasgow emblem studies. Glasgow Emblem Studies, pp. 89-103. ISBN 9780852618141
Grove, L. (2005) La Fontaine et les Emblèmes. Fablier: Revue des Amis de Jean de La Fontaine, 16, pp. 27-38.
Grove, L. (2005) Multi-media emblems and their modern day counterparts. In: Harper, A.J., Höpel, I. and Sirc, S. (eds.) Emblematic Tendencies in the Art and Literature of the Twentieth Century. Series: Glasgow Emblem Studies (10). Glasgow Emblem Studies, pp. 171-187. ISBN 9780852618219
Grove, L. (2005) Text/image mosaics in French culture: emblems and comic strips. Series: Studies in European cultural transition, 32. Ashgate: Aldershot. ISBN 9780754634881
2004
Grove, L. (2004) Autobiography in early bande dessinnée. Belphégor, 4(1),
Grove, L. (2004) Caprice et embleme. Licorne, 69, pp. 101-112.
2003
Grove, L. (2003) Tristan et la tradition emblématique. In: Perrot, J. (ed.) Actualités de Tristan: Actes du colloque international qui s'est tenu à l'université de Paris X-Nanterre et à l'école normale supérieure, 22, 23, 24 novembre 2001. Series: Littérales. Publidix: Nanterre, pp. 89-102. ISBN 9782904906336
Grove, L. (2003) Un précurseur de Carriat: Napoléon-Maurice Bernardin (1856-1915). In: Chauveau, J.P. (ed.) Dédié a Amédée Carriat. Series: Cahiers Tristan L'Hermite. Rougerie: Limoges, pp. 55-63. ISBN 9782856680995
2002
Grove, L. (2002) Les «Poésies héroïques et burlesques» (1650): Jean-Baptiste et/ou Tristan? In: Abraham, C. (ed.) Le quatrieme centenaire: Actes de limoges (28 septembre 2001). Series: Cahiers Tristan L'Hermite. Rougerie: Limoges, pp. 77-97. ISBN 9782856680896
2001
Grove, L. (2001) Mickey or Le Journal de Mickey? The birth of the Modern BD. Belphégor, 1(1),
Grove, L. (2001) Emblemes d'amour et Les Plaintes d'Acante. In: Carriat, A. (ed.) Cahiers tristan l'hermite, no XXIII. Tristan : poésie. Rougerie: Limoges, pp. 61-72. ISBN 2856680755
Grove, L. (2001) Architecture. In: Grove, L. (ed.) French Culture and Society. Arnold: London, pp. 14-15. ISBN 0340760249
Grove, L. (2001) Art. In: Grove, L. (ed.) French Culture and Society. Arnold: London, pp. 17-18. ISBN 0340760249
Grove, L. (2001) Bande dessinée. In: Grove, L. (ed.) French Culture and Society. Arnold: London, pp. 25-26. ISBN 0340760249
Grove, L. (2001) Libraries. In: Grove, L. (ed.) French Culture and Society. Arnold: London, pp. 151-152. ISBN 0340760249
Grove, L. (2001) Presentation of texts for Tristan L'Hermite (1601-1655). Bibliothèque Mazarine: Paris. ISBN 9782728400348
Grove, L. (2001) Rugby. In: Grove, L. (ed.) French Culture and Society. Arnold: London, pp. 230-231. ISBN 0340760249
Grove, L. (2001) Pour faire tapisserie'?/Moveable Woodcuts: Print/Manuscript, Text/Image at the Birth of the Emblem. In: Graham, D. (ed.) An Interregnum of the Sign: the Emblematic Age in France : Essays in Honour Of Daniel S. Russell. Series: Glasgow Emblem Studies (6). Glasgow Emblem Studies, pp. 95-119. ISBN 0852617305
2000
Grove, L. (Ed.) (2000) Emblematics and Seventeenth-Century French literature: Descartes, Tristan, La Fontaine, and Perrault. Series: EMF critiques. Rookwood Press: Charlottesville, VA. ISBN 9781886365193
Grove, L. and Russell, D.S. (Eds.) (2000) The French Emblem: Bibliography of Secondary Sources. Series: Travaux d'humanisme et Renaissance. Droz: Geneva. ISBN 9782600004121
Grove, L. (2000) Presentation of texts, notes, bibliography and glossary for the Oeuvres complètes of Tristan L'Hermite. In: Chauveau [et al.], J.-P. (ed.) Oeuvres complétes. Series: Sources classiques. Paris: Champion. ISBN 2745301543
1999
Grove, L. (1999) The emblematic age: emblems and bandes dessinées. In: Hutton, M.-A. (ed.) Text(E) Image. Series: Durham modern languages series / Durham French colloquies (7). University of Durham: Durham, NC, pp. 6-23. ISBN 9780907310426
Grove, L. (1999) Jesuit emblematics at La Flèche (Sarthe) and their influence upon René Descartes. In: Manning, J. and van Vaeck, M. (eds.) The Jesuits and the Emblem Tradition. Series: Imago figurata studies (1a). Brepols: Turnhout, pp. 87-113. ISBN 9782503507989
Grove, L. (1999) Visual cultures, national visions: the ninth art of France. In: Wygant, A. (ed.) New Directions in Emblem Studies. Series: Glasgow emblem studies (4). Glasgow Emblem Studies, pp. 43-58.
Articles
Grove, L. (2019) Scotland, the cradle of comics. Publications of the Modern Language Association of America (PMLA), 134(3), pp. 601-613. (doi: 10.1632/pmla.2019.134.3.601)
Grove, L. , Magnussen, A. and Miller, A. (2019) Comics and Transnational Exchanges [Guest Editors]. European Comic Art, 12(1),
Grove, L. , Magnussen, A. and Miller, A. (2019) Editorial. European Comic Art, 12(1), v-ix. (doi: 10.3167/eca.2019.120101)
Grove, L. , Magnussen, A. and Miller, A. (2018) Spanish Comics, Part II [Guest Editors]. European Comic Art, 11(2),
Grove, L. (2017) La métafiction en bandes dessinées anciennes et (post) modernes. Textimage,
Grove, L. (2016) Inside the pages of the oldest comic in the World. Conversation, 15 Mar.
Grove, L. (2015) Instagram had a Medieval equivalent—and it’s making a comeback. Conversation, 7 Oct.
Grove, L. (2015) Charlie Hebdo is nothing new. Jewish Quarterly, 62(1), pp. 4-5. (doi: 10.1080/0449010X.2015.1013797)
Grove, L. (2015) Charlie Hebdo murders: the bravery of the satirists. Times Higher Education Supplement, 8 Jan.
Grove, L. (2014) Bande dessinée studies: état présent. French Studies, 68(1), pp. 78-87. (doi: 10.1093/fs/knt228)
Grove, L. , Miller, A. and McKinney, M. (2013) European Comic Art 6.2 (Journal Editors). European Comic Art, 6(2),
Grove, L. , Miller, A. and McKinney, M. (2013) European Comic Art 6.1 (Journal Editors). European Comic Art, 6(1),
Grove, L. (2013) The Idea of France in 'comics' old and new. Contemporary French and Francophone Studies, 17(2), pp. 195-207. (doi: 10.1080/17409292.2013.757496)
Grove, L. , Miller, A. and McKinney, M. (2012) European Comic Art 5.2 (Journal Editors). European Comic Art, 5(2),
Grove, L. (2012) A note on the woman who gave birth to rabbits one hundred years before Töpffer. Comics Forum,
Grove, L. , Miller, A. and McKinney, M. (2012) European Comic Art 5.1 (Journal Editors). European Comic Art, 5(1),
Grove, L. (2012) Tintin and the Scottish colourists: how to recycle without a bike. Ranam: Recherches Anglaise et Nord-Américaines, 45, pp. 151-158.
Grove, L. (2012) Why the right moved left. Scotsman, 8 May, pp. 26-27.
Grove, L. , Miller, A. and McKinney, M. (2011) European Comic Art 4.2 (Journal Editors). European Comic Art, 4(2),
Grove, L. , Miller, A. and McKinney, M. (2011) European Comic Art 4.1 (Journal Editors). European Comic Art, 4(1),
Grove, L. (2010) Harry Morgan: the twenty-first century renaissance man of graphic novels. Studies in Comics, 1(1), pp. 149-158. (doi: 10.1386/stic.1.1.149/7)
Grove, L. , Miller, A. and McKinney, M. (2010) European Comic Art 3.1 (Journal Editors). European Comic Art, 3(1),
Grove, L. , Miller, A., McKinney, M. and Screech, M. (2010) European Comic Art 3.2 (Journal Editors). European Comic Art, 3(2),
Grove, L. (2009) Confused by the cult of Tintin? You're not alone. BBC News Magazine,
Grove, L. , Miller, A. and McKinney, M. (2009) European Comic Art 2.1 (Journal Editors). European Comic Art, 2(1),
Grove, L. , Miller, A. and McKinney, M. (2009) European Comic Art 2.2 (Journal Editors). European Comic Art, 2(2),
Grove, L. (2008) Bande dessinée: the missing mythologie. Nottingham French Studies, 47(2), pp. 29-40. (doi: 10.3366/nfs.2008-2.004)
Grove, L. , Miller, A. and McKinney, M. (2008) European Comic Art 1.1. European Comic Art, 1(1),
Grove, L. , Miller, A., McKinney, M. and Frey, H. (2008) European Comic Art 1.2. European Comic Art, 1(2),
Grove, L. (2005) La Fontaine et les Emblèmes. Fablier: Revue des Amis de Jean de La Fontaine, 16, pp. 27-38.
Grove, L. (2004) Autobiography in early bande dessinnée. Belphégor, 4(1),
Grove, L. (2004) Caprice et embleme. Licorne, 69, pp. 101-112.
Grove, L. (2001) Mickey or Le Journal de Mickey? The birth of the Modern BD. Belphégor, 1(1),
Books
Nazir, S., Hunter, K. and Grove, L. (2017) Frank Quitely: The Art of Comics. BHP: Glasgow. ISBN 9781910775080
Grove, L. , Nazir, S., Vile, G. K. and Black, P. (2016) Comic Invention: The World's First Comic, Everything Before, After - and Frank Quitely. BHP Comics: Glasgow. ISBN 9781910775035
Grove, L. (2013) Comics in French: The European Bande Dessinée in Context. Series: Polygons: cultural diversities and intersections, 14. Berghahn: New York, NY. ISBN 9780857459022
Grove, L. (2010) Comics in French: the bande desinée. Series: Polygons: cultural diversities and intersections, 14. Berghahn Books. ISBN 9781845455880
Grove, L. (2005) Text/image mosaics in French culture: emblems and comic strips. Series: Studies in European cultural transition, 32. Ashgate: Aldershot. ISBN 9780754634881
Grove, L. (2001) Presentation of texts for Tristan L'Hermite (1601-1655). Bibliothèque Mazarine: Paris. ISBN 9782728400348
Book Sections
Grove, L. (2020) Putting humour on display. In: Derrin, D. and Burrows, H. (eds.) The Palgrave Handbook of Humour, History and Methodology. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 481-498. ISBN 9783030566456 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-56646-3_25)
Grove, L. (2019) La caricature comme pilier du premier comic du monde : Glasgow Looking Glass (1825). In: Baridon, L., Desbuissons, F. and Hardy, D. (eds.) L’Image railleuse: La Satire visuelle du XVIIIe siècle à nos jours. Institut National d’Histoire de l’Art: Paris. ISBN 9782917902707 (doi: 10.4000/books.inha.7923)
Grove, L. (2019) Les clichés de la Grande Guerre: 1914-1918 dans L’Illustration. In: Tilleul, J.-L. (ed.) 14-18 en bande dessinée et en literature de jeunesse. Presses Universitaires de Namur: Namur, pp. 115-122. ISBN 9782870378908
Grove, L. (2017) Ferdinand de Saussure's Unknown Bandes Dessinées. In: Grove, L. and Syrotinski, M. (eds.) Bande Dessinée: Thinking Outside the Boxes. Series: Yale French studies, 131 (131-32). Yale University Press: New Haven, pp. 46-61. ISBN 9780300225983
Grove, L. (2017) Emblems and impact. In: Hoepel, I. and McKeown, S. (eds.) Emblems and Impact Volume I: Von Zentrum und Peripherie der Emblematik. Cambridge Scholars: Newcastle upon Tyne, pp. 1-23. ISBN 9781443851848
Grove, L. (2017) The Stirling Maxwell Centre at the University of Glasgow. In: Hoepel, I. and McKeown, S. (eds.) Emblems and Impact Volume I: Von Zentrum und Peripherie der Emblematik. Cambridge Scholars: Newcastle upon Tyne, pp. 79-85. ISBN 9781443851848
Grove, L. (2016) Illustrated books in the library: more than just words can say ... In: Davies, P. V., Ashworth, S., Durndell, H., Hoare, P., Richmond, L. and Smith, G. (eds.) The University of Glasgow Library: Friendly Shelves. The Friends of Glasgow University Library in association with the University Library: Glasgow, pp. 149-167. ISBN 9780993518508
Grove, L. (2012) La propagande en bande dessinée: La contamination par le sang. In: Adam, V. and Revol-Marzouk, L. (eds.) La Contamination: Lieux Symboliques et Espaces Imaginaires. Series: Rencontres (45). Classiques Garnier: Paris, pp. 225-240. ISBN 9782812406317
Grove, L. (2011) Adapting the image. In: Archer, N. and Weisl-Shaw, A. (eds.) Adaptation: Studies in French and Francophone Culture. Series: Modern French identities (99). Peter Lang: Oxford, UK, pp. 15-25. ISBN 9783034302227
Grove, L. (2011) A note on the emblematic woman who gave birth to rabbits. In: Adams, A. and Ford, P. (eds.) Le Livre Demeure: Studies in Book History in Honour of Alison Saunders. Series: Cahiers d'humanisme et Renaissance (97). Droz: Geneva, Switzerland, pp. 147-156. ISBN 9782600015233
Grove, L. (2011) Saint Joseph: the superhero in 'comics' old and new. In: Chorpenning, J. (ed.) Joseph of Nazareth through the Centuries. Saint Joseph's University Press: Philadelphia, PA, USA, pp. 151-171. ISBN 9780916101701
Grove, L. (2010) Jesuit emblems and Catholic comics. In: Dimler, G.R., Campa, P.F. and Daly, P.M. (eds.) Emblematic Images and Religious Texts: Studies in Honor of G. Richard Dimler, S.J. St. Joseph's University Press. ISBN 9780916101619
Grove, L. (2010) La narration visuelle au temps de Tristan. In: Cahiers Tristan L'Hermite XXXII: Texte/Image au Temps de Tristan. Series: Cahiers Tristan L'Hermite, 32 (32). plein Champ / Garnier: Bassac / Paris, France, pp. 13-23. ISBN 9782950056603
Grove, L. (2010) Introduction: Texte/Image au temps de Tristan. In: Grove, L. (ed.) Cahiers Tristan L'Hermite XXXII: Texte/Image au Temps de Tristan. Series: Cahiers Tristan L'Hermite. Plein Champ / Garnier, pp. 11-12. ISBN 9782950056603
Grove, L. (2007) Bond Dessiné(e). In: Hache-Bissette, F., Boully, F. and Chenille, V. (eds.) James Bond, (2)007 anatomie d'un mythe populaire. Belin: Paris, pp. 269-274. ISBN 9782701146560
Grove, L. (2005) BD theory before the term 'BD' existed. In: Grove, L., Forsdick, C. and McQuillan, E. (eds.) The Francophone Bande Dessinee. Series: Faux titre (265). Rodopi: Amsterdam, pp. 39-49. ISBN 9789042017764
Grove, L. (2005) Comic strips. In: Marshall, B. and Johnston, C. (eds.) France and the Americas: Culture, Politics, and History. Series: Transatlantic Relations, 1. ABC-Clio, pp. 284-289. ISBN 9781851094110
Grove, L. (2005) Emblems with speech bubbles. In: Saunders, A. and Davdison, P. (eds.) Visual Words and Verbal Pictures: Essays in Honour of Michael Bath. Series: Glasgow emblem studies. Glasgow Emblem Studies, pp. 89-103. ISBN 9780852618141
Grove, L. (2005) Multi-media emblems and their modern day counterparts. In: Harper, A.J., Höpel, I. and Sirc, S. (eds.) Emblematic Tendencies in the Art and Literature of the Twentieth Century. Series: Glasgow Emblem Studies (10). Glasgow Emblem Studies, pp. 171-187. ISBN 9780852618219
Grove, L. (2003) Tristan et la tradition emblématique. In: Perrot, J. (ed.) Actualités de Tristan: Actes du colloque international qui s'est tenu à l'université de Paris X-Nanterre et à l'école normale supérieure, 22, 23, 24 novembre 2001. Series: Littérales. Publidix: Nanterre, pp. 89-102. ISBN 9782904906336
Grove, L. (2003) Un précurseur de Carriat: Napoléon-Maurice Bernardin (1856-1915). In: Chauveau, J.P. (ed.) Dédié a Amédée Carriat. Series: Cahiers Tristan L'Hermite. Rougerie: Limoges, pp. 55-63. ISBN 9782856680995
Grove, L. (2002) Les «Poésies héroïques et burlesques» (1650): Jean-Baptiste et/ou Tristan? In: Abraham, C. (ed.) Le quatrieme centenaire: Actes de limoges (28 septembre 2001). Series: Cahiers Tristan L'Hermite. Rougerie: Limoges, pp. 77-97. ISBN 9782856680896
Grove, L. (2001) Emblemes d'amour et Les Plaintes d'Acante. In: Carriat, A. (ed.) Cahiers tristan l'hermite, no XXIII. Tristan : poésie. Rougerie: Limoges, pp. 61-72. ISBN 2856680755
Grove, L. (2001) Architecture. In: Grove, L. (ed.) French Culture and Society. Arnold: London, pp. 14-15. ISBN 0340760249
Grove, L. (2001) Art. In: Grove, L. (ed.) French Culture and Society. Arnold: London, pp. 17-18. ISBN 0340760249
Grove, L. (2001) Bande dessinée. In: Grove, L. (ed.) French Culture and Society. Arnold: London, pp. 25-26. ISBN 0340760249
Grove, L. (2001) Libraries. In: Grove, L. (ed.) French Culture and Society. Arnold: London, pp. 151-152. ISBN 0340760249
Grove, L. (2001) Rugby. In: Grove, L. (ed.) French Culture and Society. Arnold: London, pp. 230-231. ISBN 0340760249
Grove, L. (2001) Pour faire tapisserie'?/Moveable Woodcuts: Print/Manuscript, Text/Image at the Birth of the Emblem. In: Graham, D. (ed.) An Interregnum of the Sign: the Emblematic Age in France : Essays in Honour Of Daniel S. Russell. Series: Glasgow Emblem Studies (6). Glasgow Emblem Studies, pp. 95-119. ISBN 0852617305
Grove, L. (2000) Presentation of texts, notes, bibliography and glossary for the Oeuvres complètes of Tristan L'Hermite. In: Chauveau [et al.], J.-P. (ed.) Oeuvres complétes. Series: Sources classiques. Paris: Champion. ISBN 2745301543
Grove, L. (1999) The emblematic age: emblems and bandes dessinées. In: Hutton, M.-A. (ed.) Text(E) Image. Series: Durham modern languages series / Durham French colloquies (7). University of Durham: Durham, NC, pp. 6-23. ISBN 9780907310426
Grove, L. (1999) Jesuit emblematics at La Flèche (Sarthe) and their influence upon René Descartes. In: Manning, J. and van Vaeck, M. (eds.) The Jesuits and the Emblem Tradition. Series: Imago figurata studies (1a). Brepols: Turnhout, pp. 87-113. ISBN 9782503507989
Grove, L. (1999) Visual cultures, national visions: the ninth art of France. In: Wygant, A. (ed.) New Directions in Emblem Studies. Series: Glasgow emblem studies (4). Glasgow Emblem Studies, pp. 43-58.
Edited Books
Grove, L. and Syrotinski, M. (Eds.) (2017) Bande Dessinée: Thinking Outside the Boxes. Series: Yale French studies. Yale University Press: New Haven. ISBN 9780300225983
Grennan, S. and Grove, L. (Eds.) (2015) Transforming Anthony Trollope: Dispossession, Victorianism and Nineteenth-Century Word and Image. Series: Studies in European comics and graphic novels. Leuven University Press: Leuven. ISBN 9789462700413
Grove, L. (Ed.) (2015) Tristan Autour du Monde. Series: Cahiers Tristan L'Hermite. Classiques Garnier: Paris.
Grove, L. and Saunders, A.M. (Eds.) (2011) Transmigrations: Essays in Honour of Alison Adams and Stephen Rawles. Series: Glasgow emblem studies. Glasgow Emblem Studies: Glasgow, Scotland, UK. ISBN 9780852619315
Grove, L. (Ed.) (2010) Cahiers Tristan L'Hermite XXXII: Texte/Image au Temps de Tristan. Series: Cahiers Tristan L'Hermite. Plein Champ / Garnier: Paris, France. ISBN 9782950056603
Grove, L. (Ed.) (2010) Texte/Image sous Louis XIII. Series: Cahiers Tristan L’Hermite. Rougerie: Limoges, France.
Forsdick, C., Grove, L. and McQuillan, L. (Eds.) (2005) The Francophone Bande Dessinee. Series: Faux titre. Rodopi: Amsterdam. ISBN 9789042017764
Grove, L. (Ed.) (2000) Emblematics and Seventeenth-Century French literature: Descartes, Tristan, La Fontaine, and Perrault. Series: EMF critiques. Rookwood Press: Charlottesville, VA. ISBN 9781886365193
Grove, L. and Russell, D.S. (Eds.) (2000) The French Emblem: Bibliography of Secondary Sources. Series: Travaux d'humanisme et Renaissance. Droz: Geneva. ISBN 9782600004121
Exhibitions
Skeldon, K. et al. (2023) Research Firsts Exhibition. [Exhibitions]
Robins, T. and Grove, L. (2017) Comic Invention. [Exhibitions]
Craig, M. and Grove, L. (2017) Frank Quitely: The Art of Comics. Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow. 1 April-1 October 2017. [Exhibitions]
Grove, L. and Black, P. (2016) Comic Invention. [Exhibitions]
Grove, L. and Black, P. (2011) Breaking the Renaissance Code: Emblems and Emblem Books. [Exhibitions]
Website
Gomes, L. , Hudson, J. and Grove, L. (2020) Stirling Maxwell Centre for the Study of Text/Image Cultures. [Website]
Supervision
I welcome proposals in any area of text/image culture, specifically emblematics and bande dessinée or graphic novels and comics.
I currently supervise PhD students and MPhil students from across the world (including USA, France, Scotland, Brazil and England) working on various strands of comics studies and text/image culture.
- Eager, Rachel
The Emblem Vogue: Interrogating Stereotypes Across the Ages - Liu, Chunwei
Male Homosocial Gaze and Masculinity in Superhero Narratives - Pasternack, Rhys
Dark Souls and the Borders of Belief
Teaching
I firmly believe that research should feed in to teaching. In previous years I have been nominated for GUSRC Student Teaching Awards for Most Organised Course and Most Innovative Teaching, and have been delighted to be recognised for the University of Glasgow's Most Innovative Teaching. I hope that my teaching is becoming continually more innovative
