The Season of the Witch is a novel by James Leo Herlihy

James Leo Herlihy

James Leo Herlihy was an American novelist, playwright and actor.Born into a working class family in Detroit, Michigan, Herlihy is known for his novels Midnight Cowboy and All Fall Down and his play Blue Denim, all of which were adapted for cinema...

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Plot introduction

The story is written in the form of a journal that spans three months and accounts the life of a teenage runaway, Gloria Glyczwych, during the autumn of 1969.

Plot summary

Gloria Glyczwych decides to run away from home with her friend John McFadden, who is gay; both of them have a reason to leave. Gloria wants to find her estranged father and John wants to avoid joining the Army and being sent to Vietnam. The two runaways head from Michigan to New York City where they meet a host of colorful characters. The entirety of the text implies the personal freedoms that were so much in question after the 1960's had ended, i.e., casual drug use, evasion of the Draft, homosexuality, etc. There is a most disturbing personal freedom(?) that is dealt with; that being the subject of incest.

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The University of Delaware

University of Delaware

The university is organized into seven colleges:* College of Agriculture and Natural Resources* College of Arts and Sciences* Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics* College of Earth, Ocean and Environment* College of Education and Human Development...

houses the James Leo Herlihy Papers that contain drafts and information on The Season of the Witch as well as the author'ss other works.