谁和乔纳森·斯威夫特约会过?

乔纳森·斯威夫特

乔纳森·斯威夫特

乔纳森·斯威夫特(英語:Jonathan Swift,1667年11月30日—1745年10月19日),盎格鲁爱尔兰人,爱尔兰作家,以《格列佛遊記》和《一只桶的故事》等作品闻名于世。根據歷史記載,他有多重身分。包括神職人員、政治小冊作者、諷刺作家、作家、詩人和激進分子。

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Esther Vanhomrigh

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:

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