Did Edgar Allan Poe ever write any cheerful works?

Humor yes, cheerful? "See Never bet the Devil Your Head" or "X-ing a Paragrab.""To Helen" isn't dreary. He did a lot of satire that was too topical to be really funny now, see "How to Write a Blackwood Article. read more

Edgar Allan Poe A to Z: The Essential Reference to His Life and Work (Paperback ed.). New York: Checkmark Books. ISBN 978-0-8160-4161-9. Whalen, Terance (2001)."Poe and the American Publishing Industry". In Kennedy, J. Gerald. A Historical Guide to Edgar Allan Poe. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-512150-6. Wilbur, Richard (1967). read more