This article uses the strange and marvellous as a heuristic device to study the relationship between emotions, media and politics in early modern Venice. In particular, it examines how printed news about the marvels of the Levant mediated Venice’s encounters with its colonial subjects and imperial rivals, and analyses the role of wonder and imagination in the creation of an imperial community of feelings. The article argues that a focus on the affective politics of the marvellous can shed new light on the emotional dimensions of the early modern Venetian public sphere and its links with war and empire-building.

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黎凡特的奇迹：印刷媒体与早期现代威尼斯的奇观政治

本文使用奇异和奇妙作为启发式方法研究现代威尼斯早期的情感，媒体和政治之间的关系。特别是，它研究了有关黎凡特的奇迹的印刷新闻如何介导威尼斯与殖民主体和帝国对手的遭遇，并分析了奇迹和想象力在建立帝国情感共同体中的作用。文章认为，关注奇妙的人的情感政治可以为早期现代威尼斯人公共领域的情感维度及其与战争和帝国建立的联系提供新的思路。