on confession boxes and hose
An essay on the Publisher's Weekly website by Samantha Harvey, author of the historical fiction novel The Western Wind*:
Bartering with the Facts: How a Novelist Solves a Historical Problem
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/tip-sheet/article/78601-bartering-with-the-facts-how-a-novelist-solves-a-historical-problem.html
It probably says...things about me that I am fine with the "inventing confessional boxes early" idea (hey, it's only in one fictional village!), but totally indignant about the idea that you could call hose "trousers." (Where will it end?!? Also, I feel like my answer to this modern-associations problem would just be to call them "hosen," although that doesn't address the "modern man" problem.)
*yes, I do always have the utterly predictable reaction to this title. See also Madeleine L'Engle's The Small Rain.
Bartering with the Facts: How a Novelist Solves a Historical Problem
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/tip-sheet/article/78601-bartering-with-the-facts-how-a-novelist-solves-a-historical-problem.html
It probably says...things about me that I am fine with the "inventing confessional boxes early" idea (hey, it's only in one fictional village!), but totally indignant about the idea that you could call hose "trousers." (Where will it end?!? Also, I feel like my answer to this modern-associations problem would just be to call them "hosen," although that doesn't address the "modern man" problem.)
*yes, I do always have the utterly predictable reaction to this title. See also Madeleine L'Engle's The Small Rain.