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

[i-leonardo.livejournal.com]

there isn't enough context to determine if the usage is appropriate: someone is talking about THE DUEL which is based on someone else's eponymous (same name) novella. THE DUEL is described as "Chekhovian", but not necessarily as being *by* Chekhov. the worst and best that can be said about the fragment is that it's confusing.

[clauclauclaudia]

Fair enough! I thought I'd preserved enough context, but I see what you mean.