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If, however, a series of motifs conjoin in their encirclings of a theme - within and beyond the "subtext" - they enliven the interplay among themselves and with the theme to which they are attracted over the turbulent abyss of time and space.
1995, Frank Trommler, Thematics Reconsidered: Essays in Honor of Horst S. Daemmrich