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Shakespeare Concordance

work by Mary Clarke and Charles Clarke
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The Shakespeare Concordance is a work by English scholars Charles Cowden Clarke and his wife, Mary Victoria Cowden-Clarke. A concordance is an alphabetical index of words in a text, showing their context. Mary Victoria Cowden-Clarke compiled her Shakespeare Concordance in 1845, and later, she and Charles collaborated on an edition of Shakespeare's works and The Shakespeare Key: Unlocking the Treasures of His Style. Charles Cowden Clarke was also known for his public lectures on Shakespeare and other writers. Their work contributed to the scholarly exploration of William Shakespeare's life and writings, which saw significant increases in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.1234

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