During the romantic period women such as joanna baillie anna letitia barbauld felicia hemans letitia elizabeth landon mary robinson anna seward charlotte smith and mary tighe were among the. British women poets of the romantic era book read 2 reviews from the worlds largest community for readers during the romantic period women such as jo. In british women poets of the romantic era paula r feldman introduces modern readers to the range and diversity of womens poetic expression making available more texts by more women poets of. During the romantic period women such as joanna baillie anna letitia barbauld felicia hemans letitia elizabeth landon mary robinson anna seward charlotte smith and mary tighe were among the most highly respected and widely read practitioners of the art of poetry in fact hemans was one of the bestselling authors of the nineteenth century and baillie was the foremost playwright of her time