The Dream of Reason

Synopsis

Jenny George's Debut Showcases An Astonishing Poetic Talent, A New Voice That Is Intensely Focused, Patient, And Empathic. The Dream Of Reason Explores The Paadoxical Relationships Between Humans And The Animals We Imagine, Keep, Fer, And Consume...--cover Unnumbered Page 4. I. Origins Of Violence ; Threshold Gods ; Rehearsal ; Everything Is Restored ; Death Of A Child ; The Gesture Of Turning A Mask Around ; Troubles ; Spring ; Encyclopedia Of The Dead -- Ii. The Sleeping Pig ; The Traveling Line ; The Belt ; Notes On Pigs ; Obstacles To Handling ; Ears ; The Faarrowing Crate ; Portrait Of A Pig As A Bird ; One-way Gate ; The Veld ; Influence ; Vision ; First Day Of Lent ; The River ; Vaudeville ; Westward Expansion -- Iii. New World ; The Cave ; Sword-swallower ; The Drowning ; Winter Variations ; Reprieve : The Dream Of Reason ; Self-portait ; The Miniature Bed ; Harvest ; Sonnet For Lost Teeth ; Talisman ; On Walking ; Eros ; A Childhood ; Revelation ; Spring ; Mnemonic ; Intelligence ; Easter. Jenny George. Includes Bibliographical References (page 61).