Russ Castronovo

Russ Castronovo is Tom Paine Professor of English and Director of the Center for the Humanities at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He has published widely on American literature on topics such as democracy, citizenship, and aesthetics. He is author and editor of ten books, including most recently American Insecurity and the Origins of Vulnerability (2023) and Propaganda 1776: Secrets, Leaks, and Revolutionary Communications in Early America (2014). He is co-editor of the journal American...See more

Russ Castronovo is Tom Paine Professor of English and Director of the Center for the Humanities at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He has published widely on American literature on topics such as democracy, citizenship, and aesthetics. He is author and editor of ten books, including most recently American Insecurity and the Origins of Vulnerability (2023) and Propaganda 1776: Secrets, Leaks, and Revolutionary Communications in Early America (2014). He is co-editor of the journal American Literary History. See less