Karol Wojtyła – Emil Zegadłowicz – związki (nie)istniejące?

The main point of the article is based on the finding of the lack of sufficient textual
evidence connected with the impact of the work of Emil Zegadłowicz on Karol
Wojtyla’s poetry, which has been considered as a certainty so far. The authoress
questions the legitimacy of biographical arguments used by numerous researchers
of Wojtyla’s art as a proof of the existence of connections taking place in texts. She
expresses the conviction that only textual arguments can be decisive for declaring
the relation of influence between texts. As a consequence, she aims to proves the
lack of convincing evidence of the impact of writings by Zegadłowicz on Wojtyla’s
works. Of course, the article does not negate the value of biographical findings,
but questions the validity of their use in order to show similarities in writings of
both authors.