The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 23.044  Thursday, 2 February 2012

From:         Marie Merkel < This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it >

Date:         February 1, 2012 7:51:13 PM EST

Subject:     Rare Words in Shakespeare

Does anyone know of an online resource for discovering all the “rare” words (by which I mean words Shakespeare used only once in all his works, such as “palliament” in Titus Andronicus and “aspersion” in The Tempest ) within a given play? My favorite site for checking on Shakespeare’s usage is Open Source, but those nifty programs will only tell me how often the particular word I’m searching was used within the canon.  As far as I know, none of the options will give you a list of all the rare words in any given play. 

Thanks!

Marie Merkel