{"product_id":"mahakavi-k-v-simon-9781501388538","title":"Mahakavi K. V. Simon","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first English study of poet K. V. Simon (1883-1944), with sample translations, including of his 12,000-line epic \u003ci\u003eVedaviharam\u003c\/i\u003e, and a critical biography.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOpening with the story of South Indian poet laureate (or \u003ci\u003emahakavi\u003c\/i\u003e) K. V. Simon's heroic life, this book escorts its global reader through the legendary Malabar Coast, transiting into the densely rich Simon verse in translation, and closing with a comparative reading of a rewarding range of texts from Simon and Milton.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Simon''s epic \u003ci\u003eVedaviharam, \u003c\/i\u003ea verse rendition of \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Genesis,\u003c\/i\u003e appeared in the Malayalam language in 1931, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e hailed the multifaceted Simon as India's veritable Milton. Like Milton, Simon was a polymath, poet, hymnodist, composer, religious reformer and an educator. Like Milton, he was a man of immense learning, writing prose and verse with equal brilliance. As a result of his writings  in which he exhorted the Church of his era to seek scr\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing Plc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53187876716887,"sku":"9781501388538","price":28.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/mahakavi-k-v-simon-9781501388538","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}