That doesn't contradict the article. Literary truth is its own thing.

Sure, just weird that everyone is enamored of a "literary" truth at the expense of grown-up historical research.

I think people call it “directionally true” nowadays.

Authors and their characters don't believe the same things.

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jun/15/brexit-how-a... is a good background article.

“My father said that when I was 7 years old I was predicting that one day I would have a marvelous machine that would make any sound I wanted”

http://jumblequeen.tumblr.com/post/68644500028/daphne-oram-a...

https://vimeo.com/21675394