The Penguin Book of Women's Humor

The Penguin Book of Women's Humor is a landmark anthology that proves there is a distinctly female way of being funny. Regina Barreca's extravagantly wide-ranging selections — by turns shocking, invigorating, infuriating and inspiring — span three centuries and include not only the likes of Jane Austen, Dorothy Parker, Muriel Spark, "Moms" Mabley, Mae West, Erma Bombeck, and Roseanne, but also some unexpected voices: Sylvia Plath, Toni Morrison, Margaret Drabble, Emily Dickinson, and others. In stories, letters, verse, excerpts, essays, cartoons, and one-liners that address relationships, politics, fate, and the fierce struggle to survive and triumph, these women speak powerfully about the world and its absurdities — and laugh out loud.

• Author
• Regina Barreca, Various

• Format
• paperback

• Pages
• 704

• Publisher
• Penguin (Non-Classics)

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 978-0-14-017294-2

• EAN
• 9780140172942

• Genres
• humor

• Release date
• 1996