Faber & Faber

Faber & Faber appears in the acknowledgments as the publisher of a research source for the novel: James Shapiro’s 1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare. Its documented role here is bibliographic, linking the publisher to one of the books the author names as indispensable to her work.

Bibliographic Identification

The acknowledgments give the full publication details as James Shapiro, 1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare, Faber & Faber, 2005. The entry identifies Faber & Faber as the book’s publisher; it does not identify the company as the publisher of the novel itself.

Place in the Acknowledgments

Shapiro’s book appears in a list of sources described as indispensable to writing the novel. The same list includes works published by Harper Press, Vintage, and Penguin, placing Faber & Faber among several publishers represented in the author’s research bibliography. The acknowledgments thus record the company through the specific book attached to its name, rather than through a separate account of the organization.

Role in the Novel’s Research Frame

The cited book’s title identifies its subject as William Shakespeare’s life in 1599. In the acknowledgments, that historical study belongs to the documentary and scholarly reading behind the novel. Faber & Faber’s connection to the work is therefore a concrete part of the novel’s research record: the publisher is named alongside the title and publication year of a source the author says she relied on.