Illuminating Botteghe Oscure British Network

Working at the intersection between literary history and periodical studies, this article investigates the role played by the literary journal Botteghe Oscure (Rome, 1948\u20131960) in processes of Anglo-Italian literary transfer. The article charts the journal\u2019s British network, analysing quantitatively the presence of both established and new writers. Further, it focuses on Botteghe Oscure\u2019s publishing and distribution policy in the United Kingdom, drawing on its founder Marguerite Caetani\u2019s correspondence in order to interrogate the location of the journal within the Italian and the English literary systems, and thus illuminate the journal\u2019s role as a site of literary production as it was shaped in both Italy and Britain