The Founding of The Virginia Quarterly Review By James Southall Wilson You need an active subscription to view this contentYou should really subscribe now!Or login if you already have a subscription. Share — Issue: Spring 1940 / Volume 16/2 Published: July 31, 2009 James Southall Wilson James Southall Wilson (1880–1963) was a nationally renowned scholar, the Edgar Allan Poe Professor of English at the University of Virginia, and founding editor of the Virginia Quarterly Review from 1925 to 1931.