The story of Mahajanaka as written and transliterated by His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej / David Holmes -- Seeking an artistic translation of Emily Dickinson : a Thai perspective / Chanthana Chaichit -- Another way to see: Emily Dickinson's cognitive power / Margaret H. Freeman -- The significance of courtesy in Cymbeline / Sanguansri Khantavichian -- From Romantic to Ironic : changing myths / Donald Sandage -- Seamus Heaney / Simon J.P. Wright -- A question of choice and responsibility in Dreiser's An American tragedy / Pachee Yuvajita -- Report on USIS visiting Professor Dr.Kathryn VanSpanckeren's activities at Chulalongkorn University -- "Wrap-up session" on the seminar on "Teaching American literature at the turn of the century