Hvem daterede 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 (født 30. november 1667, død 19. oktober 1745) var en irsk-britisk forfatter, der først og fremmest er berømt for sin roman Gullivers rejser (Gulliver's Travels) fra 1726.

Swift betegnes som en af de ypperste satiriske prosaister inden for det engelske sprog, selv om han også er kendt for poesi, essays og samfundskritiske pamfletter. Swift frygtede ofte for repressalier for sine skrifter og udgav derfor mange af dem anonymt eller under pseudonym.