exegesis

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Beckett’s works defy easy exegesis, but as in many of his other plays, “Endgame” presents us with stylized images of the aimless burdens of existence, the isolation that can be little eased by companionship.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

Compactness is a hallmark of her writing, made possible by both hard graft and her gifts for exposition and exegesis, which enabled her to digest and repackage huge quantities of material.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2024

Because he decided he wasn’t obligated to, based on his own personal exegesis of whatever rules he chose to consider that one day.

From Slate • May 3, 2023

If this were a different movie, say, a straight documentary, you might expect some exegesis to come next — cue the voice-over — but the scene has the quality of a dream, and it’s inviting.

From New York Times • Sep. 8, 2022

I provided an exegesis, not as brief as it might have been, of why at the moment I found the college satisfactory for my purposes.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt