'Shut Up! You Can't Even Read Latin!' Ancient Greek and Roman Material in Natsume Sōseki's I am a Cat.

This paper examines the sources and literary function of references to the ancient Greeks and Romans in the Japanese author Natsume Sōseki's first novel, I am a Cat, written and published from 1905 to 1907. It places Sōseki and his work in the context of Meiji Japan and its renewed engagement with t...

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Published in:	International Journal of the Classical Tradition Vol. 31; no. 2; pp. 174 - 218
Main Author:	Townshend, James R.
Format:	Article
Published:	Springer Nature Jun2024
Subjects:	Greeks Romans I Am a Cat (Book : Natsume) Readership Language & languages
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost