Jayne Fenton Keane

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Jayne Fenton Keane is a contemporary Australian poet and poetry performer. She is known for making innovative use of multimedia including Adobe Flash, for publishing her poetry on the web, and for poetry performance. [1] [2]

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Early life and education

Keane was born in the United Kingdom. At age one, she emigrated to Australia with her parents, Leslie and Linda Fenton. [1]

Keane was educated at Griffith University, completing a BA (Hons) with her thesis, "Slamming the sonnet", [3] and a PhD, with "Three-dimensional poetic natures". [4] She completed a second PhD, "The Language of Ecotourism", at the University of Southern Queensland. [5]

Career

Keane has published several books of poetry and a CD recording. She is active as a performance poet and in multimedia poetry. [6] The Transparent Lung was adapted for radio in collaboration with Mike Ladd. [7] Keane has received a Varuna Writers' Centre Fellowship and a grant from Queensland Arts, and has performed at festivals in Australia, Canada and the United States. She is the founding and current director of National Poetry Week. [8]

Reception of work

Liz Hall-Downs described The Transparent Lung as "intensely 'modern'", and compares Keane's progression as a poet from her previous work Ophelia's Codpiece to The Transparent Lung to Sylvia Plath's progression, noting the clarity of words and emotional directness. [2]

Works

Poetry

CD

References

  1. 1 2 Arana, R. Victoria (2008). The Facts on File Companion to World Poetry: 1900 to the Present. Facts on File. p. 242-243. ISBN   9781438108377.
  2. 1 2 Hall-Downs, Liz (2004). "Thinking and Breathing" (PDF). Australian Women's Book Review. 16 (2): 42–43, 45. ISSN   1033-9434 . Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  3. ↑ Keane, Jayne Fenton (2001), Slamming the sonnet , retrieved 28 August 2023
  4. ↑ Keane, Jayne Fenton (2008), Three-dimensional poetic natures , retrieved 28 August 2023
  5. ↑ Keane, Jayne Fenton (2015). "The Language of Ecotourism" (PDF). University of Southern Queensland. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
  6. ↑ The Poetry of Jayne Fenton Keane Archived 4 October 2006 at the Wayback Machine (Thylazine) Accessed: 29 January 2007.
  7. ↑ The Transparent Lung (Radio National) Accessed: 29 January 2007.
  8. ↑ 5th Australian Poetry Festival (Poets Union) Accessed: 29 January 2007.
  9. ↑ Fenton Keyne, Jayne. "Cat for Nel". Nel Bonte. Retrieved 11 February 2024.


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