Hvem daterte Esther Vanhomrigh?

Esther Vanhomrigh or Van Homrigh (known by the pseudonym Vanessa; c. 1688 – 2 June 1723), an Irish woman of Dutch descent, was a longtime lover and correspondent of Jonathan Swift. Swift's letters to her were published posthumously. Her fictional name,Vanessa, was created by Swift by taking Van from her surname, Vanhomrigh, and adding Esse, a pet form of her first name, Esther.

She was fictionalized as Vanessa in Swift's poem Cadenus and Vanessa (1713). In the poem, he wrote:

Jonathan Swift (1667–1745) var en anglo-irsk forfatter som er berømt for verker som Gullivers reiser (Gulliver's Travels), 1726; Et beskjedent forslag (A Modest Proposal), 1729; og Historien om en tønne (A Tale of a Tub), 1704.

Swift er en av de fremste satiriske prosaister i den engelske litteraturen, selv om han også er kjent for sin poesi og sine essayer. Swift fryktet represalier for sine skrifter og utga de fleste av dem anonymt eller under pseudonym.