This third volume sees language origins research becoming more eclectic and in many ways more iconoclastic.
The author has produced a sophisticated assessment which is sympathetic but not sycophantic, critical on occasion but not iconoclastic.
In other words: competition is either an ineffective means to a valuable end or an effective means to a worthless end - iconoclastic indeed.
Perhaps chief among them is the relative dearth of contemporary sources reflecting the vibrant and iconoclastic culture of the hip-hop generation.
The performance thus assumes a satirical and iconoclastic tenor.
This optimism, when coupled with intelligence, lack of respect for established forms, and iconoclastic energy, may be the source of a lifetime's achievement.
They soon discover that they are not living their life; their speciality is living them, and the result is an iconoclastic insanity.
The book is indeed comprehensive, but it is hardly iconoclastic, and is certainly much better read in parts than as a whole.
