This book sheds light on many of the constantly ignored, forgotten and disregarded aspects of language, hermeneutic principles and praxis. The book explores the ontological relationship amongst metaphor, time, and literary text. The author has attempted to create a framework of literary hermeneutics by using the conceptual framework of those ideas as given by Paul Ricoeur. It shows how hermeneutics gets freed from the capture of the sacred scriptures to the secular scripture called literature. The book exposes the fashionable none/Sense of THEORY— especially the hypocrisy of theory in English Departments and many other Departments of Humanities. About the Author: Dr. Mohammad Tariq (Tariq Faraz) is currently Editor-in-Chief of The SPL Journal of Literary Hermeneutics: A Biannual International Journal of Independent Critical Thinking and Assistant Professor of English at J. S. Hindu P.G. College Amroha-244221. Almost for a decade, Tariq has worked as Assistant Professor of English in the Department of Languages, (English), Integral University, Lucknow. He was primarily educated at Lucknow University and he qualified UGC-NET in English. Tariq was awarded the Degree of PhD in English by Lucknow University. Tariq teaches English, language, literature, criticism and Contemporary Literary Theories. He has authored the following books: The Prophets of Hope and Survival in the 20th Century Absurdities (2020), Diaspora as Cathartic Metaphor: A Hermeneutical Approach (2020), New Approaches to English Literature in the Twenty-First Century Millennium (2021), Fragrantica Ultimatus: A Handbook for All Competitive Examinations of English Literature (2021). His area of specialization lies in the Philosophy of Language, Existentialism and Literary Hermeneutics, Translation Studies, Contemporary Literary Theories and Criticism.