A sad underlying melancholic theme pervades the novel from beginning to end.

It also embodies the melancholic and personal themes of turmoil and loss that re-occur in Passage to Juneau.

The melancholic theme continued with images centred around Pierrot and Columbine.

Eventually he moved away from melancholic, depressive themes towards authentic descriptions of villagers and country life.

His work has a very distinctive style and often features tortured, grimacing figures coupled with dark, melancholic themes.

The first movement, in sonata form, opens with a melancholic first theme on violins, which contrasts with the warm and lyrical second theme on cellos.

Similarly melancholic and personal themes of turmoil and loss can be detected in his novels.

The Hungarian-tinged melancholic theme that appears midway was stretched just enough to be expressive without turning sappy.

Deadman also quickly became known for Mako's heavily melancholic lyrical themes, with the music itself touching on alternative rock in sound.

Receptive to impressionism and naturalism, he wrote a number of psychological novels and several short stories, some of which are remembered for their melancholic and occasionally macabre themes.