Gender, Authorship and Male Domination : Mary Shelley’s Limited Freedom in "Frankenstein" and "The Last Man"

Ever since Ellen Moer's "Literary Women" (1976), "Frankenstein" has been recognized as a novel in which issues about authorship are intimately bound up with those of gender. The work has frequently been related to the circumstance of Shelley's combining the biological role of mother with the social role of author. [...]

Ellen Bernkopf nee Catzenstein pumping water outdoors; Ascona, Switzerland. Portraits Women

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Studio portrait of Ellen Bernkopf nee Catzenstein. Portraits Women

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Portrait of Ellen Bernkopf nee Catzenstein as an infant. Portraits Children

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Studio portrait of Ellen Bernkopf nee Catzenstein; Ascone, Switzerland. Portraits Women

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Outdoor portrait of Ellen Bernkopf nee Catzenstein with her husband Hans Bernkopf; Paris, France. Portraits Couples

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Profile view of bust of Henriette Gottschalk nee Rothschild by Ellen Bernkopf (Colmar) nee Catzenstein.

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Portrait of Franz Catzenstein and his little sister Ellen. Portraits Children

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Ellen Bernkopf nee Catzenstein working on a sculpture Portraits Women

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"Dancing Lady" sculpture by Ellen Bernkopf nee Catzenstein Artworks

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Sculptures by Ellen Bernkopf nee Catzenstein in the home of her daughter Yael Arnold; Waldstetten.

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Sculptures by Ellen Bernkopf nee Catzenstein Artworks

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Bust of Henriette Gottschalk nee Rothschild by Ellen Bernkopf (Colmar) nee Catzenstein.

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Sculpture by Ellen Bernkopf nee Catzenstein in the home of her daughter Yael Arnold; Waldstetten Artworks

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Cover of the book "Reise durch die Provence 1928" that celebrates the trip through Provence taken by Ellen Catzenstein, Mara Matthiesen and Gerda Rotermund.

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