is very much preoccupied with the nineteenth century.

她对十九世纪的文学作品十分入迷
She is very interested, especially,

尤其是对
in these classic American writers of the American transcendentalist school--

特别是那些典型的美国超验主义派作家
and that's Melville, Hawthorne, Emerson,Thoreau--

例如梅尔维尔霍桑爱默生梭罗
also very interested in Dickinson, Emily Dickinson.

同时也对艾米丽·迪金森感兴趣
She has a sensibility that maps very closely with theirs,

她写作的感觉和这些作家很相近
and I'll get into that towards the end of my lecture today.

在这堂课的末尾我会深入讲解
But, just as a narrative strategy,

但是作为叙述的策略
how is "Call me Ishmael" different from "My name is Ruth"?

"请叫我以赛玛利"和"我的名字叫露丝"有何不同之处
Anyone have ideas about that?

谁对此有什么见解吗
What's different about those two sentences? Yeah.

这两句话有什么不同之处请讲
Well,"Call me Ishmael" sounds like

"请叫我以赛玛利"听上去更像