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And the expression gone with the wind antedated Margaret Mitchell's book--indeed, she so named the book because of the cliché, not the other way round; a cursory check of my Bloomsbury Thematic Dictionary of Quotations (1988--nudge!
There is almost never a single subject in the frame, and as soon as the eye picks out a face or an object as the thematic center of the composition, another face, or another object, suddenly displaces it, and the center moves off someplace else.
I know, I know: there is a thematic guide in the forematter and the two types of cross references at the ends of the entries are extremely helpful; also, to have added an Index would have run up the price of the book by another 25 per cent (or whatever).
The thematic categories, TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SAILOR, RICHMAN, POORMAN, BEGGARMAN, THIEF, with AT HOME, AT SCHOOL, and AT PLAY added to allow for entries not otherwise classifiable, I find a bit too whimsical, especially when one finds Farmers, Farm Animals, and associated subcategories listed under RICHMAN, while those who tend them appear under POORMAN; the impression is that the author is subtly trying to pass on some sort of cynical message.
There are specialized strategies for making these comparisons-namely, pattern matching, explanation building, and thematic review.
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