Unconventional Memoirs
Mary Fortune’s Account of Life on the Diggings
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22063067 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alice Michel (Université d'Orléans, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2020-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Commonwealth Essays and Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2270-0633 • E-ISSN: 2534-6695 |
| Publisher | OpenEdition (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.4000/ces.4138 |
| OpenAlex | W3097522974 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
In “Twenty-Six Years Ago: or, the Diggings from ’55,” published in The Australian Journal (1882-83), Waif Wander (Mary Fortune’s pen name) provides an autobiographical account of an unconventional woman’s life on the Australian goldfields. This article seeks to stress the unconventionality of Mary Fortune’s memoirs, written beyond norms of genre and gender, in order to contribute to their re-evaluation. It addresses Fortune’s exclusion from the Australian literary histories as well as her eccentric and marginal way of life
Art · Art history · Literature · Memoir · Australian History and Society · History
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |