英国随笔是英国文学的一大特色之一。但是,英国随笔发端起源则是法国的著名散文家蒙田,蒙田于14世纪后半叶居乡隐居,潜心研读古希腊罗马作品,随手写下心得笔记。他的《随笔集》一、二卷在1580年出版,由此开创了随笔这一文学体裁。蒙田随笔包罗万象,是小百科全书式的,宗教哲学,政治文化,社会历史,花鸟鱼虫,山川形胜,民俗典故,无所不谈。蒙田在《随笔集》卷首告诉人们:“我本人就是这本书的 British essay is one of the major characteristics of British literature. However, the origins of the British essay originated from Montaigne, a famous French essayist. Montaigne resided in the second half of the 14th century and painstakingly studied ancient Greek and Roman writings. His ”essays“ one or two volumes published in 1580, thus creating a essay of this literary genre. Montaigne omnibus essay, is a small encyclopedic, religious philosophy, political culture, social history, flowers and birds fish and insects, mountain-shaped wins, folk allusions, talk about everything. Montaigne in the ”essays“ first to tell people: ”I am the book