Dobra krew. Henryk Sienkiewicz między szlacheckim protorasizmem stanowym a rasizmem klasowym (Trylogia i powieści współczesne)
'Good Blood': Henry Sienkiewicz Between Noble State Proto-racism and Class Racism (Trilogy and Contemporary Novels)

Author(s): Paweł Wiktor Ryś
Subject(s): Polish Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Henryk Sienkiewicz; noble state proto-racism; class racism; historical novel; contemporary novel
Summary/Abstract: The monograph is devoted to the problem of racist social divisions in 6 novels written by Henryk Sienkiewicz, i.e. 'historical' Trilogy: 'With Fire and Sword' (1884), 'The Deluge' (1886) and 'Sir Michael' (1888), as well as in so-called 'contemporary trilogy': 'Without Dogma' (1890), 'The Polaniecki Family' (1895) and 'Whirpools' (1910). Looking at these works in the context of different forms of class and 'race' intertwined leads to the conclusion that although the writer 'only' reconstructed the noble state proto-racism, at the same time he was not free from class racism.

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