The Cambridge Companion to Joseph Conrad (Cambridge Companions to Literature)
"This collection is particularly impressive for shedding new light on its subject while also serving as the finest single introductory volume on Conrad presently available.  This volume will become required reading for Conrad scholars; it is certainly the first place I would send students new to Conrad's fiction. (From English Liturature in Transiton 1880-1920 by Brian W Shaffer)