Alla scoperta degli scritti in francese di Jack Kerouac.

Jack Kerouac’s archive was opened to the public for the first time in 2006. The Anglo-American writer was indeed born into a family originally from Quebec and raised in a French-Canadian neighbourhood in New England. French was the first language he had ever spoken. The aim of this article is to piece together the events that have ensued the author’s death, focusing on the legal battle for Kerouac’s estate and for his archive. The bibliographical research subsequent to these events has led to the acquisition of previously unknown documents within the Jack Kerouac Papers, of which we intend to present the organisation, accounting for the research done on the findings. These writings are remarkably valuable from a linguistic standpoint since they testify to the use of French in his work. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]