Meaning of centonical | Babel Free

Definitions

Of or pertaining to a cento (work quoting from other authors).

not-comparable

Examples

“In technical terms, the Zadonščina could be defined as a centonical palinode, i.e. as a composition built up primarily on literal or paraphrased quotations and intended to counterbalance or refute the quoted work.”

“The end of the poem offers a good example of his centonical procedure.”

“Ballads in the black tradition are also often centonical—they borrow thematic elements from a variety of sources to build something new.”

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