This original, illuminating study of Virginia Woolf's fiction reveals a process whereby feelings of hope and transcendence, discernible in the earlier novels, are transformed into visions of fragmentation and apocalypse in her later works.The transformation is seen through the images of glass (windows, mirrors, broken segments) and sound (noises, silence, echoes) omnipresent in Virginia Woolf's work. The «breakdown» of the images reflects the fragmentation and disintegration in the modern world.

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"(This is) the first detailed examination of the glass and sound imagery in Woolf's novels. The discussion of modernism is also important, as is the commentary on poetic technique ...Though there is a plethora of material on Woolf, Dr. Kurtz has focused on an important but little explored area of Woolf's work." (Louis Parascandola, Long Island University)
"(Virginia Woolf: Reflections and Reverberations) analyzes images and themes either not treated before or treated superficially. It tries to place Woolf's use of glass and mirror imagery, and her use of sounds, in a meaningful perspective...a thoughtful and deeply researched study." (Marvin Magalaner, Professor Emeritus, Graduate Center, City University of New York)