However , Henry Louis Gates , Jr. has argued in The Signifying Monkey that many early African American narratives were transcribed by white editors , which would explain the different writing style .
Critics have noted that the narrative has a very different tone to his later publications .
Henry Louis Gates , Jr. has argued in The Signifying Monkey that many early African American narratives were transcribed by white editors , which would explain the different writing style .
Critics have noted that the narrative has a very different tone to his later publications .