CONCORDANCE TO SHAKESPEARE

Concordances and the Authors' Horizon of Words' Meaning

The three hyperlinked web sites below are online concordances:

Hyper-Concordance to Victorian-Era British, Irish, and American Authors' Works: Mitsuharu Matsuoka, of Nagoya University, has constructed a search engine that will locate instances of individual word spellings in a great many works of literature from roughly 1700-1900. He also has included a few earlier authors, such as Shakespeare and other Renaissance playwrights, Spenser and Chaucer, as well as the King James Version of the Bible (1605). Note that you have to re-enter spelling variants (e.g., flower, flowers, flowered, as well as bloom and bloomed and blossom, blossoming, etc.). Nevertheless, a well-planned search can yield extraordinarily detailed knowledge about how your author used specific words in context in a single work.
CONCORDANCE TO SHAKESPEARE'S WORKS--James Matthew ("Matty") Farrow has created universally praised online searchable concordance to Shakespeare's works on the University of Sydney (AU) Information Technologies web site. It takes a little while to get good at using it. If you know for certain that you only want to search one play, you can eliminate much of the "underbrush" from your search return. If this does not work for you, try the hard-copy print version in the library collection (below).
CONCORDANCE TO CHAUCER'S WORKS--Gerard NeCastro's (University of Maine, Machias) searchable word-usage list for "Canterbury Tales," "Troilus," and other works. If you "Google" the word, "concordance," you can access a wide range of concordances to the Bible in various editions, as well as some individual English authors like William Blake and Thomas Gray. Coverage depends upon the enthusiasms of the creators, and (except for NeCastro's Chaucer site) I have not investigated the scholarly reliability of any other primary source texts. User beware! You also can use printed paper concordances which you can find using OLLI and a keyword search on "concordance." I own and would be happy to share with my students and colleagues the scholarly concordances to the works of Malory and Marlowe. Marlowe's plays also are covered by the Hyper-Concordance (above).

The following concordances are available in the Library's print holdings:

4	A complete concordance to the poetical works of John Milton. By Charles Dexter Cleveland
	A complete concordance to the poetical works of John Milton. By Charles Dexter Cleveland; Main Collection; 826.3 M66Ucl	1867
5	A complete concordance to the Odyssey of Homer
	A complete concordance to the Odyssey of Homer; Main Collection; 886.1 H76Ud	1962
6	Complete concordance to the Iliad of Homer
	Complete concordance to the Iliad of Homer; Main Collection; 886.1 H76Up	1962

8		A complete word and phrase concordance to the poems and songs of Robert Burns, incorporating a gloss
		A complete word and phrase concordance to the poems and songs of Robert Burns, incorporating a glossary of Scotch words, with notes, index, and appendix of readings. Comp. and ed. by J.B. Reid ..; Main Collection; 826.4 B96Ur	1889

	A concordance of the poetical works of Edgar Allan Poe, by Bradford A. Booth and Claude E. Jones
	A concordance of the poetical works of Edgar Allan Poe, by Bradford A. Booth and Claude E. Jones; Main Collection; 816 P74Ub	1941
14		A concordance of the Latin, Greek, and Italian poems of John Milton, comp. by Lane Cooper ..
14		A concordance of the Latin, Greek, and Italian poems of John Milton, comp. by Lane Cooper ..; Main Collection; 826.3 M66Uc	1923
15		Concordance of the Divina commedia, by Edward Allen Fay
15		Concordance of the Divina commedia, by Edward Allen Fay; Main Collection; 856.1 D19HdUf	1888

	A concordance to Finnegans wake
	A concordance to Finnegans wake; Main Collection; 826.6 J89JfUh	1963
21		A concordance to five Middle English poems: Cleanness, St. Erkenwald, Sir Gawain and the Green Knigh
21		A concordance to five Middle English poems: Cleanness, St. Erkenwald, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Patience [and] Pearl [by] Barnet Kottler and Alan M. Markman; Reference; 821.3 K87c	1966

	A concordance to the poems of Emily Dickinson, edited by S. P. Rosenbaum
	A concordance to the poems of Emily Dickinson, edited by S. P. Rosenbaum; Main Collection; 816 D55Ur	1964

35	A concordance to the poems of Matthew Arnold
	A concordance to the poems of Matthew Arnold; Main Collection; 826.5 A75Up	1959
36	A concordance to the plays of Shakespeare, by W. H. Davenport Adams ..
	A concordance to the plays of Shakespeare, by W. H. Davenport Adams ..; Main Collection; 826.31 Ua	1891

55		The Harvard concordance to Shakespeare
		The Harvard concordance to Shakespeare; Reference; 826.31 Us752h	1973

57	A lexical concordance to the poetical works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. An attempt to classify every wo
	A lexical concordance to the poetical works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. An attempt to classify every word found therein according to its signification; compiled and arranged by F. S. Ellis; Main Collection; 826.5 S54Ue	1892
58	Library catalogues of the English Renaissance
	Library catalogues of the English Renaissance; Main Collection; 027.042 J42	1956

60		A new and complete concordance or verbal index to words, phrases, and passages in the dramatic works
		A new and complete concordance or verbal index to words, phrases, and passages in the dramatic works of Shakespeare, with a supplementary concordance to the poems, by John Bartlett; Reference; 826.31 Ub28	1927

62	The new Strong's exhaustive concordance of the Bible : easy-to-read print, words of Christ emphasize
	New exhaustive concordance of the Bible; Reference; 220.2 S92 1996	c1996
63	Religious elements in Faulkner's early novels; a selective concordance, by George K. Smart
	Religious elements in Faulkner's early novels; a selective concordance, by George K. Smart; Main Collection; 816 F26Us	1965

25	A concordance to the poems of Ralph Waldo Emerson, by George Shelton Hubbell
	A concordance to the poems of Ralph Waldo Emerson, by George Shelton Hubbell; Main Collection; 816 E53Uh	1932
26	A concordance to the English prose of John Milton / general editors, Laurence Sterne, Harold H. Koll
	A concordance to the English prose of John Milton / general editors, Laurence Sterne, Harold H. Kollmeier; Main Collection; 826.3 M66Us	1985
27	A Concordance to the works of Jane Austen / Peter L. De Rose, S.W. McGuire
	A Concordance to the works of Jane Austen / Peter L. De Rose, S.W. McGuire; Rare Book Room; Austen 826.5 A93Ud	1982
28	A concordance to the English poems of John Donne, by Homer Carroll Combs and Zay Rusk Sullens
	A concordance to the English poems of John Donne, by Homer Carroll Combs and Zay Rusk Sullens; Main Collection; 826.3 D68Uc	c1940
29	Concordance to the poetical works of John Dryden. Edited by Guy Montgomery, assisted by Mary Jackman
	Concordance to the poetical works of John Dryden. Edited by Guy Montgomery, assisted by Mary Jackman and Helen S. Agoa. Pref. by Josephine Miles; Main Collection; 826.3 D79Um	1957
30	A concordance to the English poems of George Herbert, compiled by Cameron Mann
	A concordance to the English poems of George Herbert, compiled by Cameron Mann; Main Collection; 826.3 H53Um	1927
31	A concordance to the poems of Robert Herrick, compiled and edited by Malcolm MacLeod
	A concordance to the poems of Robert Herrick, compiled and edited by Malcolm MacLeod; Main Collection; 826.3 H56Um	1936
32	A concordance to the complete poetical works of Sir Thomas Wyatt, compiled by Eva Catherine Hangen .
	A concordance to the complete poetical works of Sir Thomas Wyatt, compiled by Eva Catherine Hangen ..; Main Collection; 826.3 W97Uh	c1941
33	A concordance to the English poems of Thomas Gray; ed. by Albert S. Cook, president of the Concordan
	A concordance to the English poems of Thomas Gray; ed. by Albert S. Cook, president of the Concordance Society; Main Collection; 826.4 G78Uc	1908
34	A concordance to the Historia ecclesiastica of Bede, by Putnam Fennell Jones

37	A concordance to the poetry of Byron / edited by Ione Dodson Young
	A concordance to the poetry of Byron / edited by Ione Dodson Young; Main Collection; 826.5 B99Uy	1975
38	A concordance to the poetry of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, edited by Sister Eugenia Logan ..
	A concordance to the poetry of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, edited by Sister Eugenia Logan ..; Main Collection; 826.5 C69Ul	1940
39	A concordance to the poems of Robert Browning, by Leslie N. Broughton ... and Benjamin F. Stelter ..
	A concordance to the poems of Robert Browning, by Leslie N. Broughton ... and Benjamin F. Stelter ..; Main Collection; 826.5 B88Ubr	1924-
40	A concordance to the English poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins, compiled by Robert J. Dilligan and Tod
	A concordance to the English poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins, compiled by Robert J. Dilligan and Todd K. Bender; Main Collection; 826.5 H79Ud	1970
41	A concordance to the poems of John Keats. Compiled and edited by Dane Lewis Baldwin, Leslie Nathan B
	A concordance to the poems of John Keats. Compiled and edited by Dane Lewis Baldwin, Leslie Nathan Broughton, Laura Cooper Evans, John William Hebel, Benjamin F. Stelter [and] Mary Rebecca Thayer; Main Collection; 826.5 K25Ub	1917
42	A concordance to the poems of W. B. Yeats. Programmed by James Allan Painter
	A concordance to the poems of W. B. Yeats. Programmed by James Allan Painter; Main Collection; 826.5 Y41Up	1963
43	A concordance to the poetical and dramatic works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, including the poems conta
	A concordance to the poetical and dramatic works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, including the poems contained in the "Life of Alfred, Lord Tennyson," and the "Suppressed poems," 1830-1868. By Arthur E. Baker ..; Main Collection; 826.5 T31Ub	1914
44	A concordance to the poems of William Wordsworth, edited for the Concordance Society, by Lane Cooper
	A concordance to the poems of William Wordsworth, edited for the Concordance Society, by Lane Cooper ..; Main Collection; 826.5 W92Uc	1911
45	Concordance to the poetry of Wallace Stevens
	Concordance to the poetry of Wallace Stevens; Main Collection; Oversize 816 S844Uw	1963
46	A Concordance to the poems of Edmund Spenser / comp. and ed. by Charles Grosvenor Osgood
	A Concordance to the poems of Edmund Spenser / comp. and ed. by Charles Grosvenor Osgood; Main Collection; Oversize 826.3 S74Uo	1915
47	A concordance to the complete works of Geoffrey Chaucer and to the Romaunt of the Rose, by John S. P
	A concordance to the complete works of Geoffrey Chaucer and to the Romaunt of the Rose, by John S. P. Tatlock ... and Arthur G. Kennedy ..; Reference; 826.2 C49Ut	1927
48	A concordance to the complete poems and plays of T.S. Eliot / edited by J.L. Dawson, P.D. Holland, D
	A concordance to the complete poems and plays of T.S. Eliot / edited by J.L. Dawson, P.D. Holland, D.J. McKitterick; Reference; 816 E421Ud	1995