During the 1930s psychoanalytic theory was hugely popular, and it has come back with new vitality. This is a conventional version of masculinity. Now, with her securely inert, he can say whatever he wants without being troubled at all by her interests, her desires. Well, perhaps this one doesn't. It is a theory nevertheless, and in fact Wordsworth did a lot to invent it.
Author theory closes down the possibility of criticism or change.
It leaves everything as it was, which is bad when lots of other theories are around. The death of the author means that the text belongs to its reader to interpret now. The war has dragged the EU centre-stage.