Keyword: «“small motherland”»

The multi-genre works of Paul Heyse have not been sufficiently studied yet. This article is the first attempt to consider not only short stories, but also the poetry of the author in the context of Biedermeier literature. Based on the analysis of several novels and poems of the writer, the article illustrates the peculiarities of such a significant dominant of the Biedermeier style as “home” embodiment in Heyse's works.