okay, without looking it up...

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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

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I would give it at best a ? but probably a *. Eponymous things, I think, are named after a person or group. But ordinary usage is sloppy, and here it is clear that the 1891 novella is called "The Duel" rather than "Chekhov."