„Plebejuszowska krew”
“Plebejuszowska krew [Plebeian Blood]”

On Racing Social Divisions in Henryk Sienkiewicz’s Novels “Bez dogmatu” (“Without Dogma”) and “Rodzina Połanieckich” (“Polaniecki Family”)

Summary/Abstract: The paper is devoted to an analysis of the concourse of class and race in Henryk Sienkiewicz’s novels „Bez dogmatu” („Without Dogma”) and „Rodzina Połanieckich” („Polaniecki Family”). These works display such forms of racing social divisions as biologisation, concentration, and animalisation. A comparison of the two novels and reference to the writer’s private correspondence as well as his earlier pieces on contemporary matters lead to the conclusion that class racism is an element of Sienkiewicz’s own social view.

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