ABSTRACT
The author’s aim in this article is to offer her own typology of biographies of Karol Wojtyła/Pope John Paul II and to conduct a bibliological evaluation of selected books published in Poland in the period between the Pope’s death and his canonization. The article registers and characterises publications both in the context of bibliology, by presenting such phenomena as the chronology and geography of publications, the most prominent publishers and authors, any subsequent editions, the publishing and formal features, artwork and layout of books; and also in terms of literary criticism, pointing to the comprehensiveness of the presentation of John Paul II’s life in Polish and foreign biographies. The purpose of the overview of these book publications was not only to compare and evaluate, but also to isolate those works which are worth recommending to educated readers and students. The study is another part in the series devoted to pope-related and papal literature.
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