Dear fellow Twainians,

i have been commissioned to write the article about _HF_
for a collection of papers on 19th c. American novels. The
collection is supposed to be used by students in 300 level
courses. 
After a moment of exhilaration i am now worried about what
looks like a pretty formidable task. I have published some
Twain articles in English and (more) in German, but i am
more and more self-consciously aware of the fact there are
many here who are more qualified than i am. Which is why
i'd appreciate advice on recent scholarship that i might
have missed out on, and more so, which typical mistakes to
avoid. 

best wishes,
w

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Hochbruck
Dept. of English / Centre for Security and Society
Albert Ludwigs University Freiburg
Rempart St. 15
D-79098 Freiburg
Germany