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

[ophblekuwufu.livejournal.com]

I suppose it's probably all right. It does seem very weird, though-- usually eponymous is used to refer to people, rather than topics. And that seems like a more useful word to have, too-- I mean, with the broader definition I could make an argument for the eponymous Wheel of Time (though I'd deserve to be smacked for it).

[clauclauclaudia]

You seem to be the most usage-forgiving of my friends list, so far. :)