Exegesis

explanation or interpretation of a text or passage

cf exegetic = adj expository, interpretative

added 2 may 1998

Thesis

essay or dissertation on some particular subject; subject set a student on which to write prior to granting him a degree; the exercise itself; in logic an affirmation

pl. theses

added 11 june 1998

Unfoldment

term coined by Joseph Cornell

"precious moments of grace"

het ogenblik waarop een voorval z'n hardheid verliest zich ontvouwt en dan iets prijs geeft dat anders in een strakke plooi verborgen zou zijn gebeleven (the moment at which something loses its hardness and unfolds revealing something which would otherwise have remained hidden in a tight fold)

cf Simic, Charles - Dimestore Alchemy
Caws, Mary ann - Theatre of the Mind
De Nerval, Gerard - La Metaphysique D'ephemera

added 11 june 1998

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