Complete Concordance to Shakespeare’s Dramatic Works and Poems
work by Bartlett
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John Bartlett's Complete Concordance to Shakespeare's Dramatic Works and Poems is a comprehensive reference work that indexes every word in Shakespeare's plays and poems. Published in 1894, it surpassed previous concordances in its thoroughness and number of citations. A concordance, in general, is a tool for understanding a text by providing a comprehensive index of its words. Bartlett's work is considered a standard reference for scholars and enthusiasts of William Shakespeare.123
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