PROPER NAMES IN THE BAROQUE VERSE NOVEL — TOWARD GENOLOGICAL ANALYSIS. BASED ON THE EXAMPLE OF THE WORKS OF HIERONIM MORSZTYN This article is an attempt to analyze proper names in the selected literary genre and conducted from the perspective of linguistic genology enriched with theoretical textual and stylistic reflection. The names in the Baroque verse novel, represented by four works of Hieronym Morsztyn, are an essential element of the construction of the text and an indicator of the genre style; furthermore, they can signal the foreignness of western models adopted in Polish literary works, and can also refer back to ancient heritage as an expression of European cultural heritage.