okay, without looking it up...

[clauclauclaudia]

Does this usage of eponymous seem okay to you or not? Why?

[blah blah Chekhov on film] "Based on his eponymous 1891 novella, THE DUEL gives life to a classic Chekhovian tale...."

All right. Look it up if you want to, but let me know if you do.

I'm screening comments for a bit to get independent answers, but I'll unscreen them soonish. [Edit: slow unscreening now complete.]

Comments

[evwhore.livejournal.com]

(a) no
(b) I am surprised this generated 50+ comments :-)

Also

[lioritgioret.livejournal.com]

While we're being picky, can I just mention that "eponymous" is unnecessary in this sentence?

[sarcasma.livejournal.com]

I thought of you just now when I read this in the Globe and Mail (a major newspaper that ought to get this sort of thing right):
George Corbo, owner of the George C. boutique, where he worked with Ms. Buchowski – the new boutique’s co-owner – went through a naming ordeal of his own. An ownership dispute with the co-owner of his previous boutique, the eponymously-named “Corbo,” left him on the outside. He says he ultimately spent $60,000 fighting for – and ultimately losing – the right to his own name, which is why his new boutique uses only his last initial.

Eponymously-named?!? (Not to mention that every sentence in that paragraph seems to have been tortured into shape by inquisitors.)