Part of an anthology series studying the great English poets from the late 1600s through the Victorian age, this volume focuses on the leading literary figures of the Romantic era, including Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley and Keats. Characterized by its forged connection between nature and spirituality, as well as an emphasis on the rights of the common man, Romanticism neatly complemented the tumultuous times in which it thrived.