Many British writers, sometimes called Romantics, were horrified by the environmental destruction and social upheaval that industrialization caused. They saw industrialization as a threat to nature, human values, and individual freedom. They expressed their concerns through their literature, poetry, and art, and advocated for social and environmental reforms. For example, William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and William Blake were among the Romantics who criticized industrialization and called for a return to nature and traditional values.