AS to the connection between untowardliness and reading, I'm inclined to suspect that it runs both ways. Certainly, I know of a great deal of ancedotal "evidence" that those who do not fit in the "real" world seek other, more aceepting or acceptable worlds in books. However, one would hope that a good dose of at least certain kinds of reading would promote untowardliness.
Re: Irony?
AS to the connection between untowardliness and reading, I'm inclined to suspect that it runs both ways. Certainly, I know of a great deal of ancedotal "evidence" that those who do not fit in the "real" world seek other, more aceepting or acceptable worlds in books. However, one would hope that a good dose of at least certain kinds of reading would promote untowardliness.