Machine derived contents note: List of plates; Acknowledgements; Introduction: among mad people; Part I. Surrealism and Spain: 1. Spain and France; 2. Spaniards in France; 3. Surrealists - and a sympathizer - in Spain; 4. Spain and the subconscious; 5. Spanish writers and surrealism; Part II. Those Stupid Laws: 1. Surrealist literature; 2. Surrealist literature and Spain; Part III. Abdicating Reason: 1. Surrealist literature; 2. Surrealist literature and Spain; Conclusion: Spain and a springboard; Notes; Appendices; Index