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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]

Early life and education

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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

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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

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Liz Hall-Downs described The Transparent Lung as "intensly 'modern'", and compares Keane's progression as an 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

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Poetry

  • Fissure Blooms (1994) ISBN 0-646-20976-0
  • Torn (Plateau, 2000)
  • Ophelia's Codpiece (Post Pressed, 2002) ISBN 1-876682-23-X
  • The Transparent Lung (Post Pressed, 2003) ISBN 1-876682-51-5
  • Nel with Cat, an ekphrastic poem for Nel Bonte[9]

CD

  • The Stalking Tongue (1999)

References

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  1. ^ a b 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. ^ a b 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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