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

First came Joel Thompson’s “To See the Sky,” obscurely subtitled “an exegesis for orchestra.”

From New York Times • Mar. 22, 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

In such a widening gyre, Mounk’s calm mix of storytelling, political theory and social psychology exegesis, peppered with some charming insights, has a comforting seriousness.

From Washington Post • Apr. 29, 2022

I am sorry, as well, to present such a sketchy and disappointing exegesis of what is in fact the central part of my story.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt