PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Flatley, Jonathan TI - Reading for Mood DP - 2017 Nov 01 TA - Representations PG - 137--158 VI - 140 IP - 1 4099 - http://rep.ucpress.edu/content/140/1/137.short 4100 - http://rep.ucpress.edu/content/140/1/137.full AB - Beginning with a consideration of the distinct places of affect in aesthetic theory and in critical reading practices, this essay makes a case for mood as a critical concept that helps us to read for the historicity and potentially political effects of aesthetic practices.