M.O. Grenby

List of John Benjamins publications in which M.O. Grenby is involved.

Titles

Transnational Books for Children 1750-1900: Producers, consumers, encounters

Edited by Charlotte Appel, Nina Christensen and M.O. Grenby

This is the first study to take a comprehensive look at transnational children’s literature in the period before 1900. The chapters examine what we mean by ‘children’s literature’ in this period, as well as what we mean by ‘transnational’ in the context of children’s culture. They investigate who… read more

[Children’s Literature, Culture, and Cognition, 15] 2023. xv, 388 pp.

Learning to Read, Learning Religion: Catechism primers in Europe from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries

Edited by Britta Juska-Bacher, M.O. Grenby, Tuija Laine and Wendelin Sroka

Catechism primers are inconspicuous but telling little books for children combining the teaching of reading skills and religious catechesis. From the 16th to the 19th centuries, they have been produced, disseminated and used in huge numbers in many regions of the world, in particular in Europe.… read more

[Children’s Literature, Culture, and Cognition, 14] 2023. xix, 375 pp.

Articles (8) | Order by:

Appel, Charlotte, Nina Christensen and M.O. Grenby 2023 Introduction Transnational Books for Children 1750-1900: Producers, consumers, encounters, Appel, Charlotte, Nina Christensen and M.O. Grenby (eds.), pp. 1–15 | Chapter

Grenby, M.O. 2023 3.9. Catechism primers in England Learning to Read, Learning Religion: Catechism primers in Europe from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries, Juska-Bacher, Britta, M.O. Grenby, Tuija Laine and Wendelin Sroka (eds.), pp. 177–190 | Chapter

Grenby, M.O. 2023 2.1. The significance of the catechism primer Learning to Read, Learning Religion: Catechism primers in Europe from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries, Juska-Bacher, Britta, M.O. Grenby, Tuija Laine and Wendelin Sroka (eds.), pp. 18–28 | Chapter

Grenby, M.O. 2023 2.3. Catechism primers as children's literature Learning to Read, Learning Religion: Catechism primers in Europe from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries, Juska-Bacher, Britta, M.O. Grenby, Tuija Laine and Wendelin Sroka (eds.), pp. 35–47 | Chapter

Grenby, M.O. 2023 Chapter 1. Spreading the words: Global networks and the circulation of cheap instructional and religious children’s print Transnational Books for Children 1750-1900: Producers, consumers, encounters, Appel, Charlotte, Nina Christensen and M.O. Grenby (eds.), pp. 18–45 | Chapter

From the sixteenth century on, a vast amount of cheap print offering instruction in the basics of literacy and religion was published, much of it intended primarily for the use of children. Alphabets, primers, catechisms, and other similar texts circulated widely in Europe, but this chapter… read more

Juska-Bacher, Britta, M.O. Grenby, Tuija Laine and Wendelin Sroka 2023 Chapter 1. Introduction Learning to Read, Learning Religion: Catechism primers in Europe from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries, Juska-Bacher, Britta, M.O. Grenby, Tuija Laine and Wendelin Sroka (eds.), pp. 1–16 | Chapter

Juska-Bacher, Britta, M.O. Grenby, Tuija Laine and Wendelin Sroka 2023 4.3. Concluding notes Learning to Read, Learning Religion: Catechism primers in Europe from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries, Juska-Bacher, Britta, M.O. Grenby, Tuija Laine and Wendelin Sroka (eds.), pp. 336–344 | Chapter

Sroka, Wendelin, M.O. Grenby, Britta Juska-Bacher, Tuija Laine and Johari Murray 2023 Appendix 5. Catechism primers: A glossary of terms Learning to Read, Learning Religion: Catechism primers in Europe from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries, Juska-Bacher, Britta, M.O. Grenby, Tuija Laine and Wendelin Sroka (eds.), pp. 359–368 | Miscellaneous