From the New Yorker:

Lolita” is in the canon; “On the Road” is somewhat sub-canonical—also a tour de force, like Nabokov’s book, but considered more a literary phenomenon than a work of literature. On the other hand, it has had an equivalent influence. Nabokov showed writers how to squeeze a morality tale inside a Fabergé egg; Kerouac showed how to stretch a canvas across an entire continent. He made America a subject for literary fiction; he de-Europeanized the novel for American writers.

Here:
http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/atlarge/2007/10/01/071001crat_atlarge_menand?printable=true

Court Merrigan

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