Contribution of King Alfred in Saving his Land from Invaders

Alfred the Great is the king of Wessex or the first king of England. Since the rule of Alfred in Wessex, people remember him for two main things. Firstly, people remembered him for saving his motherland from suffering some big destruction because of invasion of Danes. Secondly, people recognize Alfred as the man having huge dedication towards education. Alfred has given his major contribution in bringing peace in his country and restoring some famous learning centers.

Judith, the stepmother of Alfred and his teacher had encouraged Alfred in having his huge interest in the sector of education. Later on, his biographer named Asser has often encouraged him to develop his interests in education. Alfred possesses the capabilities for reading and writing both English and Latin language. He mostly prefers to study passages from Bible and translate such passages into English. However, Alfred’s duties and responsibilities as a king had consistently interrupted his education. In fact, he has spent his entire reign in wars with Danes.

In the year 871, Alfred has become the king of Wessex. At that time, Danes had remained present in the Isles of Britain for about hundred years; while lands belong to the East of Britain has remained under its control. Danes consistently raid in different areas of Wessex, while people belong to different parts of Wessex have to pay tribute or honor to them. Until the year 875, Alfred has paid tribute to Danes and taken almost every step for bringing peace in Wessex. However, in 875, Alfred has gathered his strong army, with the help of which he defeated the invaders and forced Danes for leaving Wessex.  

Achievements of British Authors in Literature

Since past few years, most of the people of London or in other cities of United Kingdom have undergone remarkable achievements in their life. Whether you look over the business, sports, technology, music and literature you may find several famous personalities belong to the city of London. For instance, if we look in the sector of business, we may find one famous personality named BEBO KOBO responsible for renovation of Camden Market in London. In addition, if you look over sports, you may find a famous cricket player and captain of England cricket team named Kevin Peter Pietersen. Other than this, many British authors have always shown their intention to include some of the memorable classics in literature of English.

Success of any of the British authors is solely dependent on their skills involved in perceiving large numbers of facets of temperament and human behavior, along with various articulating emotions associated with intensity, which remains alive in front of the readers. History of English Literature will certainly remain incomplete without the big efforts of one of the famous author named William Shakespeare. In fact, the name of William Shakespeare has always remained alive in different parts of world. Shakespeare has obtained his recognition for some of his phenomenal works in the form of "Romeo and Juliet", "Comedy of Errors", "Othello", and "Hamlet". On the other side, you may find some of the famous British authors, who have dedicated their entire life in highlighting social aspects of life. One such famous British author is Jane Austen, whose writings have revealed some of the conservative thoughts, which may emphasize various needs of men in life of women for attainment of both financial and social stability.

Achievements of William Blake in Poetry Sector

William Blake is a famous painter and poet of England. In the recent few years, this great personality has obtained lifetime recognition as one of the seminal figures related with the history of visual arts and poetry in the Romantic Age. The prophetic poetry of this renowned poet has made him famous in the sector of English poetry. Moreover, one of the contemporary critics of art has revealed his knowledge in the visual artistry has made him one of the leading artists of Britain. Despite Blake lived in London city for his entire life, he has achieved success in designing diverse and symbolically rich corpus for embracing his imagination as ‘Human Existence’ or ‘Body of God’.

In the year 1794, world has experienced the conceptual collection of poetry of William Blake. The name of the poetry was Songs of Innocence and Experience. Initially, Blake released Songs of Innocence, comprising of 19 poems highlighting the spirit of human beings when they remain free mind during their childhood. Later on, he has shown his intentions towards the spirit of human beings when adults shackles and intrudes them by various rules and some religious doctrines. For this, Blake introduced other 26 new poems in Songs of Experience. According to Blake, “Childhood and Adulthood are two entirely different states of human soul.”