Ryszard Koziołek is a professor of literature at the University of Silesia in Katowice (Poland). His interests include the history and theory of the novel, and the genealogy of modern Polish prose fiction. His books include: Zdobyć historię. Mimesis w Twarzy księżyca Teodora Parnickiego (1997); Ciała Sienkiewicza (2009); and Znakowanie trawy albo praktyki filologii (2011).

• Contents: Henryk Sienkiewicz – Fiction – Poland - late nineteenth century – Polish fiction – Trylogia – Quo vadis – Bodies – Narrative – Violence – Gender – Sex – Illness and death.

Ryszard Koziołek is a professor of literature at the University of Silesia in Katowice (Poland). His interests include the history and theory of the novel, and the genealogy of modern Polish prose fiction. His books include: Zdobyć historię. Mimesis w Twarzy księżyca Teodora Parnickiego (1997); Ciała Sienkiewicza (2009); and Znakowanie trawy albo praktyki filologii (2011).

• Contents: Henryk Sienkiewicz – Fiction – Poland - late nineteenth century – Polish fiction – Trylogia – Quo vadis – Bodies – Narrative – Violence – Gender – Sex – Illness and death.

Ryszard Koziołek is a professor of literature at the University of Silesia in Katowice (Poland). His interests include the history and theory of the novel, and the genealogy of modern Polish prose fiction. His books include: Zdobyć historię. Mimesis w Twarzy księżyca Teodora Parnickiego (1997); Ciała Sienkiewicza (2009); and Znakowanie trawy albo praktyki filologii (2011).

• Contents: Henryk Sienkiewicz – Fiction – Poland - late nineteenth century – Polish fiction – Trylogia – Quo vadis – Bodies – Narrative – Violence – Gender – Sex – Illness and death.