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I must disagree with Alfirin: the problem with post-Tolkien "Tolkieneqsue" books is that, well, they're being imitative rather than seeking their own voice and perspective. Thus Brookseddingsjordanpaolini all read as pale, weak imitations of Tolkien.
Your criticisms of Eddison and Lindsay boil down to their being "too hard;" which, in a thread asking for fantasies of intellectual weight, isn't much of an argument.
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The entire plot of The Lord of the Rings could be said to turn on what Sauron didn’t know, and when he didn’t know it.
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