19世纪初期,英国散文受到浪漫主义思潮影响,创作进入黄金时代。周作人借鉴了该时期与查尔斯·兰姆(Charles Lamb)齐名的威廉·赫兹里特(William Hazlitt)的英国随笔独特的文风和张扬的个性,在散文创作中将情致、理智和趣味、理性相融,重视散文的自我特质和文学批评现实功用,在文学发展史的散文现代化进程中树立不可磨灭的地位。 In the early 19th century, English essays were influenced by Romanticism and creations entered the golden age. Drawing inspiration from the British essay’s unique style of writing and publicity during this period, Zhou Zuoren drew on the unique style and sensibilities of William Hazlitt, a par with Charles Lamb, in which he introduced delicacy, reason and taste, It emphasizes the self-trait of essay and the practical function of literary criticism, and establishes an indelible position in the process of essay modernization in the history of literature.