Gongorian Centos in New Spain

Abstract

The poetic form known as cento, composed of sections or verses of other poems, represents a curious literary subgenre practiced since Classical times. In New Spain, we have examples of Virgilian centos, centos about Our Lady of Guadalupe, and Gongorian centos on the Immaculate Conception. This article contains both a brief introduction on this poetic form and the textual edition of the six Gongorian centos that were composed in New Spain. Los centones son un curioso subgénero literario, practicado desde la Antigüedad clásica. En Nueva España se compusieron centones virgilianos, sobre la Virgen de Guadalupe, y gongorinos, sobre la Inmaculada Concepción. Aquí se editan, con una breve introducción sobre este tipo de composiciones, los seis centones gongorinos que se compusieron en Nueva España.