Renaissance · Poetry / letters
Letters on Familiar Matters
by Petrarch. A canonical or canon-adjacent work by Petrarch examining love, humanism, selfhood; included to broaden the catalog’s historical, literary, or intellectual coverage.
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- Date
- c. 1345–1366
- Origin
- Italy
- Era
- Renaissance
- Genre
- Poetry / letters
- Canon tier
- Expanded canon
- Difficulty
- Moderate
- Length
- Medium
- Collection
- The Western Canon
Subjects and themes
Why it matters
A canonical or canon-adjacent work by Petrarch examining love, humanism, selfhood; included to broaden the catalog’s historical, literary, or intellectual coverage.
This work is included on the basis of expanded synthesis: bloom / great books / modern library / revised canon. Its cataloged influence level is 4 out of 5.