The Trade Winds of Change: Emily Cartwright’s Ignorance and Corruption in the Novel "Cambridge"
Copyright 2019 by Michael W. Rickard II
Editor's Note: Last fall I took a class on neo-slave narratives. Here is an essay I wrote on Caryl Phillips’ CambridgeCaryl Phillips’ Cambridge utilizes the maxim that there are three sides to any story—my side, your side, and the truth to explore the historical and cultural gaps in society’s narrative of slavery. It also examines Emily Cartwright’s easy corruption by her own ignorance and the societal forces she is exposed to, inviting an examination of...
Editor's Note: Last fall I took a class on neo-slave narratives. Here is an essay I wrote on Caryl Phillips’ CambridgeCaryl Phillips’ Cambridge utilizes the maxim that there are three sides to any story—my side, your side, and the truth to explore the historical and cultural gaps in society’s narrative of slavery. It also examines Emily Cartwright’s easy corruption by her own ignorance and the societal forces she is exposed to, inviting an examination of...
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